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Definition of Galley slave
1. Noun. A slave condemned to row in a galley.
2. Noun. A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
Generic synonyms: Jack, Laborer, Labourer, Manual Laborer
Derivative terms: Drudge
Definition of Galley slave
1. Noun. A slave who rows in a galley. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galley Slave
Literary usage of Galley slave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"THE GALLEY-SLAVE OH, GALLANT was our galley, from her carven steering-wheel To
her figure-head of silver and her beak of hammered steel; The leg-bar chafed ..."
2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"THE GALLEY-SLAVE OH, gallant was our galley, from her carven steering- wheel To
her figurehead of silver and her beak of hammered steel; The leg-bar chafed ..."
3. The British Essayists edited by Alexander Chalmers (1808)
"... speech on the subject of the letter—Sentiment from Cicero—A fable —Viceroy of
Naples and the galley-slave — Mr. Blunt's story of the inquisitorial 08. ..."
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