Slaveholding

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slaveholding \Slave"hold`ing\, a.
     Holding persons in slavery.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  slaveholding
       adj : where slavery was legal; "the slaveholding South"
       n : the practice of owning slaves [syn: {slavery}]