adj. Commonly used to describe the treatment of Russian serfs as property.
n. Tangible, movable property.
n. A slave.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Any item of movable or immovable property except the freehold, or the things which are parcel of it. It is a more extensive term than goods or effects.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Property; wealth; goods; stock. See cattle
n. An article of personal property; a movable: usually in the plural, goods; movable assets.
n.Synonyms Effects, Goods, etc. See property.
To regard as a chattel; reduce to the condition of a chattel.
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n. personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
Word Usage
"To mark the occasion, Manischewitz presents -- without any hint of irony -- the story of the Passover Seder that a Southern Jew celebrated while fighting to defend his state's power to maintain chattel slavery."