What does galley slave mean?

galley slave means "a slave condemned to row in a galley". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for galley slave?

Close synonyms include drudge, peon, navvy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is galley slave a common word?

galley slave is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

galley slave — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a slave condemned to row in a galley
Broaderslave
2.
a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
Synonymsdrudge peon navvy
Broaderlaborer

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