slave driver

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noun

an overseer of enslaved laborers and enforcer of hierarchy and discipline in the institution of chattel slavery.

a hard taskmaster: His boss was a slave driver.

Origin of slave driver

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Words nearby slave driver

slave, slave ant, slave bracelet, Slave Coast, slave cylinder, slave driver, slaveholder, slave labor, slave labor camp, slaveling, slave-making ant

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Example sentences from the Web for slave driver

It was the slave-driver speaking, the man who governed with a whip.
Captain Blood|Rafael Sabatini
The slave-driver ran over with a roar, raising his whip, while the slow rotation of the wheel carried Jason away.
The Ethical Engineer|Henry Maxwell Dempsey
I beheld my dear sister in the hands of a slave-driver, and compelled to submit to his cruelty!
The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave|William Wells Brown
"One half hour to get breakfast and Miss Herne's back hair down," Mr. Rooney said, with the callousness of a slave-driver.
Blue-grass and Broadway|Maria Thompson Daviess

Next came a swaggering bully of a slave-driver, evidently bred in the North.
Lands of the Slave and the Free|Henry A. Murray

British Dictionary definitions for slave driver

slave-driver

noun

(esp formerly) a person forcing slaves to work

an employer who demands excessively hard work from his employees

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单词	slave driver
释义	slave driver SEE SYNONYMS FOR slave driver ON THESAURUS.COM noun an overseer of enslaved laborers and enforcer of hierarchy and discipline in the institution of chattel slavery. a hard taskmaster: His boss was a slave driver. Origin of slave driver An Americanism dating back to 1800–10 Words nearby slave driver slave, slave ant, slave bracelet, Slave Coast, slave cylinder, slave driver, slaveholder, slave labor, slave labor camp, slaveling, slave-making ant Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for slave driver It was the slave-driver speaking, the man who governed with a whip. Captain Blood\|Rafael Sabatini The slave-driver ran over with a roar, raising his whip, while the slow rotation of the wheel carried Jason away. The Ethical Engineer\|Henry Maxwell Dempsey I beheld my dear sister in the hands of a slave-driver, and compelled to submit to his cruelty! The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave\|William Wells Brown "One half hour to get breakfast and Miss Herne's back hair down," Mr. Rooney said, with the callousness of a slave-driver. Blue-grass and Broadway\|Maria Thompson Daviess Next came a swaggering bully of a slave-driver, evidently bred in the North. Lands of the Slave and the Free\|Henry A. Murray British Dictionary definitions for slave driver slave-driver noun (esp formerly) a person forcing slaves to work an employer who demands excessively hard work from his employees Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to slave driver disciplinarian, oppressor, tyrant
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slave driver

noun

Origin of slave driver

Words nearby slave driver

Example sentences from the Web for slave driver

British Dictionary definitions for slave driver

noun

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