slave-girl
Owned female laborer
A slave-girl is a female slave, typically a young one.
The term appears in historical accounts, translations of ancient texts, and fiction set in periods when slavery was practiced: The slave-girl was sold at auction.
The compound emphasizes both the enslaved status and the youth or sex of the person, often with connotations of sexual exploitation or domestic servitude.
Enslaved female person
- chattelMovable personal property
- concubineSecondary female partner
- odalisqueHarem slave or attendant
- handmaidenPersonal female attendant
thrall · bondmaid · auction · plantation · antebellum · harem · seraglio · Middle Passage
One employed to serve
- maidHousehold cleaning worker
- handmaidenPersonal female attendant
- attendantOne who assists others
- chambermaidHotel room attendant
domestic · housemaid · lady's maid · nursemaid · scullery maid · housekeeper · governess · nanny
One held by force
- traffickedTraded illegally
- exploitedUnfairly utilized for benefit
- abusedTreated harmfully or wrongly
- coercedPressured into compliance
powerless · dehumanized · subjugated · owned · dominated · silenced · voiceless · vulnerable
bondwoman
Enslaved female person
handmaiden · thrall · bondmaid · auction · plantation · antebellum · harem · seraglio · Middle Passage · manumission
servant
One employed to serve
- maidHousehold cleaning worker
- handmaidenPersonal female attendant
- attendantOne who assists others
chambermaid · domestic · housemaid · lady's maid · nursemaid · scullery maid · housekeeper · governess · nanny · caretaker
captive
One held by force
- traffickedTraded illegally
- exploitedUnfairly utilized for benefit
- abusedTreated harmfully or wrongly
coerced · powerless · dehumanized · subjugated · owned · dominated · silenced · voiceless · vulnerable · victimized
slave-girlfreedwoman
Woman no longer enslaved
mistress · noblewoman · princess · queen · empress
slave-girlmistress
Illicit female lover
slaveholder · master · matriarch · proprietress · lady of the house
slave-girlemployee
Hired organizational member
wage earner · domestic worker · housekeeper · lady's maid · governess
slave, girl, slaves, slaved, slaving, slavery, slavish, slavishly, enslave