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slave-drivers

slave-drivers is the plural of slave-driver.

Meaning of slave-driver

Noun

slave-driver (plural slave-drivers)

  1. An overseer of slaves at work; a person who puts slaves to work.
    • "That's the rifle I used against the Peruvian slave-drivers three years ago."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  2. (colloquial, excessive, figuratively, usually) An employer or supervisor who demands excessive amounts of work from an employee.
    • He's such a slave-driver! I can't believe he wants us to come in on Saturday.
  3. (broadly, colloquial, excessive, figuratively, humorous, often) Anyone who requests an amount of work from others that is deemed unreasonable.
    • Mom, I need a break after doing homework! You're nothing but a slave-driver!

Questions about slave-drivers

What is slave-drivers the plural of?
Slave-drivers is the plural of slave-driver.

Words near slave-drivers in the dictionary

  1. slave trades
  2. slave wage
  3. slave wages
  4. slave-breeding
  5. slave-driver
  6. slave-drivers
  7. slave-girl
  8. slave-girls
  9. slave-maker
  10. slave-making ant
  11. slave-making ants

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