slavey C2 Topic:House & Home US /ˈsleɪ.vi/ UK /ˈsleɪ.vi/ See IPA manual Freq #168877 Meanings 1 noun dated, informal, and often offensive: a female domestic servant who performs general or menial household work The novel portrays the exhausted slavey carrying coal and scrubbing the floors. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · dated, informal, and often... maid of all workdomestic servantdrudge Word family Related forms maidservantskivvyhousemaid Etymology Formed in nineteenth-century British English from slave + -y. The term likens a poorly treated general servant to an enslaved person and is now dated and liable to offend. Topics House & Home Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # slavey **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsleɪ.vi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsleɪ.vi/ **Frequency rank:** 168877 ## Meanings 1. dated, informal, and often offensive: a female domestic servant who performs general or menial household work ## Examples - The novel portrays the exhausted slavey carrying coal and scrubbing the floors. ## Synonyms - maid of all work - domestic servant - drudge ## Related Forms - maidservant - skivvy - housemaid ## Etymology Formed in nineteenth-century British English from slave + -y. The term likens a poorly treated general servant to an enslaved person and is now dated and liable to offend. ## Topics - House & Home - Word Formation & Derivatives - Register & Style markdown