Galley slave

Definition of Galley slave

a person condemned, often as a punishment for crime, to work at the oar on board a galley.

See also: Galley

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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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