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noun
- 1. a person condemned to man the oars in a galley. historical
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A galley slave was a slave rowing in a galley, either a convicted criminal sentenced to work at the oar (French: galérien), or a kind of human chattel, sometimes a prisoner of war, assigned to the duty of rowing.
A galley slave is a slave who rows a boat or a criminal who is forced to do so. Learn more about the origin, usage, and synonyms of this term from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Galley slave definition: a person condemned to work at an oar on a galley.. See examples of GALLEY SLAVE used in a sentence.
Definitions of galley slave. noun. a slave condemned to row in a galley. see more. noun. a laborer who is obliged to do menial work. synonyms: drudge, navvy, peon. see more.
2 meanings: 1. a criminal or slave condemned to row in a galley 2. informal a drudge.... Click for more definitions.
Sep 8, 2010 · While Spain's Caribbean galley squadrons existed for only 60 years, their reliance on ‘Turkish’ and ‘Moorish’ galley slaves provides evidence of an overlooked, intermediate stage in the evolution of slavery within the early modern Iberian Atlantic world. Acknowledgements.
What does the noun galley slave mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun galley slave, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. galley slave has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. nautical (mid 1500s) printing and typography (late 1600s)
