galérien

See also: Galerien

French

Etymology

From galère (“galley”) +‎ -ien (“-ian”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.le.ʁjɛ̃/

Noun

galérien m (plural galériens)

1. (historical) galley slave

   Synonym: forçat

2. (by extension, colloquial) forced laborer

   Synonym: bagnat

   il les faisait travailler comme des galériens

   he worked them to the bone, like slaves

Derived terms

• vie de galérien (“dog's life”)

Related terms

• galéace
• galérer

Further reading

• “galérien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• algérien, Algérien