enslaver
(ɛnˈsleɪvə(r))
[f. enslave v. + -er.]
One who enslaves; esp. the woman by whose charms a man is ‘enslaved’.
| 1727 Swift To Stella, Enslavers of mankind! Base kings, and ministers of state. 1748 Smollett Rod. Rand. lxv. (1804) 474 The delicate nerves of my fair Enslaver. 1816 Byron Ch. Har. iii. lxvii, The earth Forgets..The enslavers and the enslaved. 1818 Praed Poems (1865) II. 243 Hail, fair Enslaver! at thy changing glance Boldness recedes. 1849 Lytton Caxtons 15 A name..borne by the enslaver of Athens. 1856 G. J. Whyte-Melville Kate Cov. iii, Young fledglings pining madly for their enslavers. |