Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Warrior \War"rior\ (?; 277), n. [OE. werreour, OF. werreour,
guerreor, from guerre, werre, war. See {War}, and {Warray}.]
A man engaged or experienced in war, or in the military life;
a soldier; a champion.
Warriors old with ordered spear and shield. --Milton.
{Warrior ant} (Zo["o]l.), a reddish ant ({Formica sanguinea})
native of Europe and America. It is one of the species
which move in armies to capture and enslave other ants.
Slave \Slave\, n. [Cf. F. esclave, D. slaaf, Dan. slave, sclave,
Sw. slaf, all fr. G. sklave, MHG. also slave, from the
national name of the Slavonians, or Sclavonians (in LL. Slavi
or Sclavi), who were frequently made slaves by the Germans.
See {Slav}.]
1. A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is
wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as
a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose
person and services are wholly under the control of
another.
thou our slave, Our captive, at the public mill our
drudge? --Milton.
2. One who has lost the power of resistance; one who
surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to
passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.
3. A drudge; one who labors like a slave.
4. An abject person; a wretch. --Shak.
{Slave ant} (Zo["o]l.), any species of ants which is captured
and enslaved by another species, especially {Formica
fusca} of Europe and America, which is commonly enslaved
by {Formica sanguinea}.
{Slave catcher}, one who attempted to catch and bring back a
fugitive slave to his master.
{Slave coast}, part of the western coast of Africa to which
slaves were brought to be sold to foreigners.
{Slave driver}, one who superintends slaves at their work;
hence, figuratively, a cruel taskmaster.
{Slave hunt}.
(a) A search after persons in order to reduce them to
slavery. --Barth.
(b) A search after fugitive slaves, often conducted with
bloodhounds.
{Slave ship}, a vessel employed in the slave trade or used
for transporting slaves; a slaver.
{Slave trade}, the business of dealing in slaves, especially
of buying them for transportation from their homes to be
sold elsewhere.
{Slave trader}, one who traffics in slaves.
Syn: Bond servant; bondman; bondslave; captive; henchman;
vassal; dependent; drudge. See {Serf}.
Source : WordNet®
Formica sanguinea
n : slave-making ant widely distributed over the northern
hemisphere [syn: {sanguinary ant}]