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galley slave
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun galley slave has 2 senses
- galley slave(n = noun.person) Array - a slave condemned to row in a galley; Array is a kind of slave
- galley slave(n = noun.person) drudge, navvy, peon - a laborer who is obliged to do menial work; Array is a kind of jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer
THESAURUS
galley slave
bargee, bargeman, barger, beast of burden, boat-handler, boater, boatman, boatsman, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl, concubine, debt slave, dray horse, drudge, fag, ferrier, ferryman, gondolier, greasy grind, grind, grub, hack, helot, homager, liege, liege man, liege subject, lighterman, oar, oarsman, odalisque, peon, plodder, punter, rower, serf, servant, slave, slavey, slogger, subject, swot, theow, thrall, toiler, vassal, villein, waterman, workhorse, yachter, yachtsman
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