sloven Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a coarse obnoxious person
    slovenly person; slob; pig.

WordNet


Slov"en noun
Etymology
D. slaf careless, negligent, a sloven; akin to LG. sluf slovenly.
Definitions
  1. A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; -- the correlative term to slattern, or slut. Pope.
    He became a confirmed sloven. Macaulay.

Webster 1913