slave driver

noun

an overseer of slaves.

a hard taskmaster: His boss was a slave driver.

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slave, slave ant, slave bracelet, slave coast, slave cylinder, slave driver, slave labor, slave labor camp, slave river, slave ship, slave state

Origin of slave driver

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

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Examples from the Web for slave-driver

It was the slave-driver speaking, the man who governed with a whip.
Captain Blood|Rafael Sabatini
The slave-driver ran over with a roar, raising his whip, while the slow rotation of the wheel carried Jason away.
The Ethical Engineer|Henry Maxwell Dempsey
I beheld my dear sister in the hands of a slave-driver, and compelled to submit to his cruelty!
The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave|William Wells Brown
"One half hour to get breakfast and Miss Herne's back hair down," Mr. Rooney said, with the callousness of a slave-driver.
Blue-grass and Broadway|Maria Thompson Daviess

Next came a swaggering bully of a slave-driver, evidently bred in the North.
Lands of the Slave and the Free|Henry A. Murray

British Dictionary definitions for slave-driver

slave-driver

noun

(esp formerly) a person forcing slaves to work

an employer who demands excessively hard work from his employees

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slave driver

noun

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slave-driver

noun