How do you use Slavey in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like skivvy or domestic, plus the exact meaning.
Slavey in a sentence
Slavey meaning
- A male servant.
- A female domestic servant; a maid or maidservant.
Using Slavey
- The main meaning on this page is: A male servant. | A female domestic servant; a maid or maidservant.
- Useful related words include: skivvy, domestic, domestic help, house servant.
- In the example corpus, slavey often appears in combinations such as: in slavey.
Context around Slavey
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slavey
- In this selection, "slavey" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, businessman, london, ntlakyapamuk, slavchev and eskimo stand out and add context to how "slavey" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include businessman slavey slavchev also and haida ntlakyapamuk slavey eskimo aleut. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slavey" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slavey
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
For example, high tone in Navajo and low tone in Slavey are due to contrast with the tone triggered by the glottalization. (22 words)
Hence, you see, my double deduction that you had been out in vile weather, and that you had a particularly malignant boot-slitting specimen of the London slavey. (28 words)
Indigenous languages The Book of Common Prayer has also been translated into these North American indigenous languages: Cowitchan, Cree, Haida, Ntlakyapamuk, Slavey, Eskimo-Aleut, Dakota, Delaware, Mohawk, Ojibwe. (28 words)
Thus, the Proto-Athabascan word *tuː ('water') is toneless toː in Hupa, high-tone tó in Navajo, and low-tone tù in Slavey; while Proto-Athabascan *-ɢʊtʼ ('knee') is toneless -ɢotʼ in Hupa, low-tone -ɡòd in Navajo, and high-tone -ɡóʔ in Slavey. (44 words)
Businessman Slavey Slavchev also arrived at the airport for the flight because he needed to sign important business papers but said that would only happen after he had spent a period in quarantine. (33 words)
Hence, you see, my double deduction that you had been out in vile weather, and that you had a particularly malignant boot-slitting specimen of the London slavey. (28 words)
Example sentences (5)
Thus, the Proto-Athabascan word *tuː ('water') is toneless toː in Hupa, high-tone tó in Navajo, and low-tone tù in Slavey; while Proto-Athabascan *-ɢʊtʼ ('knee') is toneless -ɢotʼ in Hupa, low-tone -ɡòd in Navajo, and high-tone -ɡóʔ in Slavey.
Businessman Slavey Slavchev also arrived at the airport for the flight because he needed to sign important business papers but said that would only happen after he had spent a period in quarantine.
For example, high tone in Navajo and low tone in Slavey are due to contrast with the tone triggered by the glottalization.
Hence, you see, my double deduction that you had been out in vile weather, and that you had a particularly malignant boot-slitting specimen of the London slavey.
Indigenous languages The Book of Common Prayer has also been translated into these North American indigenous languages: Cowitchan, Cree, Haida, Ntlakyapamuk, Slavey, Eskimo-Aleut, Dakota, Delaware, Mohawk, Ojibwe.
Common combinations with slavey
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in slavey 3×