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复合词,源自 slave(奴隶) + holder(持有者),最早记录于17世纪。
❶ 指历史上拥有奴隶的人,特指美国南北战争前合法拥有并剥削奴隶的农场主或商人。
“Many slaveholders in the South relied on cotton plantations for wealth.”
(南方的许多奴隶主依靠棉花种植园获取财富。)
“The abolitionists fought against the rights of slaveholders.”
(废奴主义者为反对奴隶主的权利而斗争。)
wealthy slaveholders — 指那些通过奴隶劳动积累了大量财富的奴隶主,常见于历史文献中。
“Wealthy slaveholders often had political influence in the South.”
(富有的奴隶主通常在南方拥有政治影响力。)