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Definition of Slave driver
1. Noun. A cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees.
2. Noun. A supervisor of slaves at work.
Generic synonyms: Taskmaster
Definition of Slave driver
1. Noun. An employer who demands excessive work from the employee. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slave Driver
Literary usage of Slave driver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Washington Irving (1897)
"... PRINCIPAL SLAVE-DRIVER TO HIS HIGHNESS THE BASHAW OF TRIPOLI. Sweet, O Asem !
is the memory of distant friends ! like the mellow ray of a departing sun ..."
2. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville by Washington Irving (1886)
"Tet beautiful, oh, most puissant slave-driver, as are my wives, they are far
exceeded by the women of this country. Even those who run about the streets ..."
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