slave driver (noun)

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• slave driver — slave ,driver noun count INFORMAL someone who makes other people work very hard …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• slave-driver — ► NOUN informal ▪ a person who works others very hard …   English terms dictionary

• slave driver — noun 1. a cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees • Syn: ↑Simon Legree • Hypernyms: ↑employer 2. a supervisor of slaves at work • Hypernyms: ↑taskmaster * * * noun, pl ⋯ ers [count] …   Useful english dictionary

• slave-driver — noun a) A person who puts slaves to work. Hes such a slave driver! I cant believe he wants us to come in on Saturday. b) a person who demands excessive amounts of work from employees …   Wiktionary

• slave\ driver — noun A cruel, merciless boss or employer who makes the people under him work extremely hard for little compensation. Mr. Catwallender is such a slave driver that nobody cares to work for him anymore …   Словарь американских идиом

• slave driver — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms slave driver : singular slave driver plural slave drivers informal someone who makes other people work very hard …   English dictionary

• slave-driver — noun informal a person who works others very hard. Derivatives slave drive verb …   English new terms dictionary

• slave driver — noun Date: 1792 1. a supervisor of slaves at work 2. a harsh taskmaster …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• slave driver — noun An employer who demands excessive work from the employee …   Wiktionary

• slave — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who is legally owned by another person and works for them for no money: accusing her mother of treating her like a slave 2 be a slave to/of to be completely influenced by something so that you cannot make your own decisions:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Simon Legree — noun 1. a cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees • Syn: ↑slave driver • Hypernyms: ↑employer 2. the cruel slave dealer in an anti slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe • Instance Hypernyms: ↑fictional character, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary