GALLEYSLAVE

Galley slave

A galley slave was a slave rowing in a galley. The expression has two distinct meanings: it can refer either to a convicted criminal sentenced to work at the oar, or to a kind of human chattel, often a prisoner of war, assigned to his duty of rowing.

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galley slave

Noun

  1. A slave who rows in a galley.


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