"galley slave" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: galley slaves [plural], galley-slave [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} galley slave (plural galley slaves)
  1. (historical, nautical) A slave who rows in a galley (type of ship). Tags: historical Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (slave in a galley): galiot [masculine] (Catalan), kaleeriorja (Finnish), kaleerivanki (Finnish), galérien [masculine] (French), forçat [masculine] (French), მეხოფე (mexope) (Georgian), მენიჩბე (meničbe) (Georgian), Galeerensklave [masculine] (German), gályarab (Hungarian), galeotto [masculine] (Italian), sleab birling [masculine] (Manx), galernik [masculine] (Polish), galeote [masculine] (Spanish), galärslav [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-galley_slave-en-noun-7~1ZvB3b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'slave in a galley': 63 37
  2. (obsolete, slang) A typesetter (person who arranged type in a galley for printing). Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-galley_slave-en-noun-CRqXG8XX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 76

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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