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Meaning of SLOVEN

Pronunciation:  'sluvun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a coarse obnoxious person
 
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 Synonyms: pig, slob, slovenly person
 
 See Also: litter lout, litterbug, litterer, slattern, slovenly woman, slut, vulgarian

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Slov"en\, n. [D. slaf careless, negligent, a sloven;
akin to LG. sluf slovenly.]
A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; --
the correlative term to slattern, or slut. --Pope.
      He became a confirmed sloven.            --Macaulay.
 
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