Galley Slave Definition

noun
A slave or convict forced to ply an oar of a galley.
American Heritage
A person assigned to perform tedious or menial tasks; a drudge.
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Other Word Forms of Galley Slave

Noun

Singular:
galley slave
Plural:
galley-slaves

Galley Slave Sentence Examples

  • He had been taken prisoner by Dragut, who made him row for a year as a galley slave till ransomed.

  • After spending some time as a Genoese galley-slave, he turned corsair and became the terror of the Mediterranean coasts.

  • Don't have enough time for 212 minutes of Ben-Hur but want a taste of galley slave life and a good old-fashioned blood 'n guts chariot race?

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