galley slave

galley slave

n.1. A slave or convict forced to ply an oar of a galley.2. A person assigned to perform tedious or menial tasks; a drudge.

galley slave

n 1. (Nautical Terms) a criminal or slave condemned to row in a galley 2. informal a drudge

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	galley slave - a slave condemned to row in a galleyslave - a person who is owned by someone
	2.	galley slave - a laborer who is obliged to do menial worknavvy, peon, drudgelaborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor

Translations

galérien