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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the practice of owning slaves;
[syn: slavery, slaveholding]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. allowing slavery;
- Example: "the slaveholding South"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

slaveholding
    adj 1: allowing slavery; "the slaveholding South"
    n 1: the practice of owning slaves [syn: slavery,
         slaveholding]