galley-slave

A form of galley slave — A slave who rows in a galley (type of ship).

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Meanings

noungalley-slave (plural galley-slaves)

plural galley-slaves

  1. alternativeAlternative form of galley slave.

    He makes his prentice his galley-slave. I wish our lane were purged of him.

    1801, Jonathan Swift, “An Account of a Pestilent Neighbour”, in The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, volume 16
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APA

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“galley-slave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galley-slave. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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