slave-driver

See also: slavedriver and slave driver

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

slave-driver (plural slave-drivers)

1. An overseer of slaves at work; a person who puts slaves to work.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "That's the rifle I used against the Peruvian slave-drivers three years ago."

2. (colloquial, usually hyperbolic or figurative)
   1. 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.

   2. (by extension, often humorous or sarcastic) 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!

Synonyms

• taskmaster

Translations

overseer of slaves

• Bulgarian: надзирател (bg) m (nadziratel)
• Finnish: orjapiiskuri (fi)
• French: esclavagiste (fr) m or f, négrier (fr) m, négrière (fr) f
• Galician: escravista m or f, negreiro m, negreira f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: slaveoppsynsmann m

• Spanish: esclavista (es) m or f, negrero (es) m, negrera (es) f
• Swedish: slavdrivare c

employer who demands excessive work

• Bulgarian: експлоататор (bg) m (eksploatator)
• Dutch: slavendrijver (nl) m
• Finnish: orjapiiskuri (fi)
• French: négrier (fr) m, négrière (fr) f, esclavagiste (fr) m or f
• Galician: escravista m or f, negreiro m, negreira f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: slavedriver (no) m

• Polish: gnębiciel m
• Portuguese: escravista (pt) m or f, negreiro (pt) m, negreira (pt) f
• Spanish: negrero (es) m, negrera (es) f
• Swedish: slavdrivare c