wage slave

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [weyj sleyv]
- /weɪdʒ sleɪv/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [weyj sleyv]
- /weɪdʒ sleɪv/

Definitions of wage slave words

noun wage slave a person who works for a wage, especially with total and immediate dependency on the income derived from such labor. 1
noun wage slave a person dependent on a wage or salary 0

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Origin of wage slave

First appearance:

before 1885

One of the 21% newest English words

First recorded in 1885-90

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Parts of speech for Wage slave

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Wage slave

wage slave popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

wage slave usage trend in Literature

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