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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 word

  • noun slave-driver an overseer of slaves. 1
  • noun slave-driver a hard taskmaster: His boss was a slave driver. 1
See all 2 definitions of slave-driver

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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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