slavey n : a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work [syn: skivvy]

English

Noun

slavey

1. a maid, maidservant

The Slavey (also Slave) are a First Nations aboriginal people of the Dene group, indigenous to the Great Slave Lake region, in Canada's Northwest Territories, and extending into northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta.

This name was previously spelled in English as "Slave" but was changed to avoid confusion with the common noun referring to slavery. Likewise, in French the former name was Esclaves, literally meaning persons in servitude.

See also

Slavey language

Further reading

• Asch, Michael. Slavey Indians. [S.l: s.n, 1978.

External links

• MNSU Slavey page
• An account of interactions between Slaveys and a white man named George Hunter