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slavedriver

slavedriver is the alternative form 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!

Forms of slavedriver

pluralslavedrivers

Questions about slavedriver

What is slavedriver the alternative form of?
Slavedriver is the alternative form of slave-driver.

Words near slavedriver in the dictionary

  1. slavedealer
  2. slavedealers
  3. slavedealing
  4. slavedom
  5. slavedoms
  6. slavedriver
  7. slavedrivers
  8. slavefic
  9. slavegirl
  10. slavegirls
  11. slaveholder

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