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wage slave

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noun

a person who works for a wage, especially with total and immediate dependency on the income derived from such labor.

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Origin of wage slave

First recorded in 1885–90

OTHER WORDS FROM wage slave

wage slavery, noun

Words nearby wage slave

wage determination, wage differential, wage earner, wage incentive, wage scale, wage slave, wage-push inflation, wager, wages, wages council, wages of sin, the
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Words related to wage slave

breadwinner, employee, jobholder, staffer, wageworker

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British Dictionary definitions for wage slave

wage slave

noun

ironic a person dependent on a wage or salary
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