† forsadon.
Obsolete. rare.
A galley slave.
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forsary1546
galley slave1567
row-slave1578
'sforzato1607
mesonaut1623
forsado1625
galleriana1640
galley-bird1655
1625–6 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1367 There were many other Christian Slaues, but more then two hundred Forsados.
1722 D. Coxe Descr. Carolana 28 The Majority of the Inhabitants, are Forc'adoes or forc'd People, having been Malefactors in some Parts of Mexico.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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