1. plural of enslaver; people who enslave others or reduce them to slavery
Usage: often used in historical contexts referring to those who participated in the slave trade or held enslaved people

Examples

• Historians study the enslavers who profited from the transatlantic slave trade.
• The enslavers of the antebellum South built their wealth on the forced labor of enslaved people.
• Many enslavers justified their actions through racist ideologies.
• The documentary examined the lives and legacies of enslavers in colonial America.
• Abolitionists worked tirelessly to oppose the enslavers and end slavery.
• The enslavers' economic power made them influential in government and society.