"slave breaker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: slave breakers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} slave breaker (plural slave breakers)
  1. A person who specializes in destroying the wills of unruly slaves, especially in the context of the antebellum American South.
    Sense id: en-slave_breaker-en-noun-DYGp6mlN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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