[f. ENSLAVE v. + -ER.] One who enslaves; esp. the woman by whose charms a man is ‘enslaved.’
1727. Swift, To Stella. Enslavers of mankind! Base kings, and ministers of state.
1748. Smollett, Rod. Rand., lxv. (1804), 474. The delicate nerves of my fair Enslaver.
1816. Byron, Ch. Har., III. lxvii. The earth Forgets … The enslavers and the enslaved.
1818. Praed, Poems (1865), II. 243. Hail, fair Enslaver! at thy changing glance Boldness recedes.
1849. Lytton, Caxtons, 15. A name … borne by the enslaver of Athens.
1856. Whyte-Melville, Kate Cov., iii. Young fledglings pining madly for their enslavers.
