slave driver

slave driv·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sleyv drahy-ver]
- /sleɪv ˈdraɪ vər/
- /sleɪv ˈdraɪvə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sleyv drahy-ver]
- /sleɪv ˈdraɪ vər/

Definitions of slave driver words

noun slave driver an overseer of slaves. 1
noun slave driver a hard taskmaster: His boss was a slave driver. 1
noun slave driver someone who makes another person work very hard with little or no help or remuneration 0
noun slave driver a person forcing slaves to work 0
noun slave driver (esp formerly) a person forcing slaves to work 0
noun slave driver an employer who demands excessively hard work from his employees 0

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Origin of slave driver

First appearance:

before 1800

One of the 42% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1800-10

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Parts of speech for Slave driver

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Slave driver

slave driver popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for slave driver

noun slave driver

absolutist — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
absolutists — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
brass hat — a top-ranking official, esp a military officer
commandant — A commandant is an army officer in charge of a particular place or group of people.
controller — A controller is a person who has responsibility for a particular organization or for a particular part of an organization.

All 12 Synonyms of slave driver