galley slave in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for galley slave in the English»French Dictionary

galley slave N lit, fig

galley slave

galérien m

Translations for galley slave in the French»English Dictionary

galérien HISTORY (sur une galère)

galley slave

forçat (galérien)

galley slave

Translations for galley slave in the English»French Dictionary

galley [Brit ˈɡali, Am ˈɡæli] N

1. galley (ship):

galley

galère f

2. galley (ship's kitchen):

galley

cuisine f

3. galley AVIAT:

galley

office m

4. galley TYPO:

galley, a. galley proof

galée f

I.slave [Brit sleɪv, Am sleɪv] N

1. slave (servant):

slave

esclave mf

slave attr colony, owner, revolt

d'esclaves

slave market

aux esclaves

2. slave (victim) fig:

to be a slave to or of fashion, habit

être l'esclave de

a slave to convention

l'esclave des conventions

3. slave COMPUT attr:

slave computer, station

asservi

II.slave [Brit sleɪv, Am sleɪv] VB intr a. slave away

slave

travailler comme un forçat, trimer inf

to slave away from morning to night

trimer du matin au soir inf

to slave (away) at housework/at one's job

s'escrimer à faire le ménage/sur son travail

to slave over accounts, housework

s'escrimer sur

III.slave [Brit sleɪv, Am sleɪv]

to work like a slave

travailler comme un forçat

galley slave in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for galley slave in the English»French Dictionary

galley slave N

galley slave

galérien m

Translations for galley slave in the French»English Dictionary

galérien

galley slave

forçat

galley slave

Translations for galley slave in the English»French Dictionary

galley [ˈgæli] N

1. galley (boat):

galley

galère f

2. galley (kitchen):

galley

cuisine f

I.slave [sleɪv] N a. fig

slave

esclave mf

II.slave <-ving> [sleɪv] VB intr

slave

travailler comme un esclave

to slave at sth

s'échiner à qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It was only in the early 16th century that the modern idea of the galley slave became commonplace.

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Ships were made stouter, taller, and more able to carry heavy armaments -- and new methods had to be sought to replace locomotion by galley slaves.

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In particular, galley slaves were often used by artists as models for muscular nude bodies.

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The rest of his galleys were already badly damaged, the galley slaves had been exhausted to the point of near death.

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Thus, the release of the galley slaves was an instrument of diplomacy.

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Most galley slaves lived little more than five years.

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And one of the things the monarchy needed was galley slaves to row ships.

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Both films based on the novel depict the historically inaccurate galley slaves.

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He spent a couple of years as a galley slave before regaining his freedom during a mutiny.

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Many of them were galley slaves because they were lightly dressed and well-trained.

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