slave driver in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for slave driver in the English»French Dictionary

slave driver N lit HISTORY

slave driver

surveillant m d'esclaves

slave driver fig

négrier/-ière m/f fig

Translations for slave driver in the French»English Dictionary

négrier

slave driver

Translations for slave driver in the English»French Dictionary

driver [Brit ˈdrʌɪvə, Am ˈdraɪvər] N

1. driver:

driver (gen)

conducteur/-trice m/f

driver (for a living)

chauffeur m

drivers (motorists)

les automobilistes mfpl

to be a good/bad driver

être un bon/mauvais conducteur, conduire bien/mal

a careful/reckless driver

un conducteur prudent/imprudent

2. driver (mechanical component):

driver

actionneur m

3. driver (golf club):

driver

driver m

driver

bois m n o 1

4. driver COMPUT:

driver

pilote m de périphérique

driver

gestionnaire m de périphérique

5. driver (agent, cause):

driver

moteur m

the drivers of change

les moteurs de changement

See also slave driver

slave driver N lit HISTORY

slave driver

surveillant m d'esclaves

slave driver fig

négrier/-ière m/f fig

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

slave driver in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for slave driver in the English»French Dictionary

slave driver N iron hum inf

slave driver

négrier m

Translations for slave driver in the French»English Dictionary

négrier (-ière)

slave driver

Translations for slave driver in the English»French Dictionary

driver N

1. driver AUTO (person):

driver

conducteur(-trice) m (f)

bus driver

conducteur d'autobus

lorry/truck/taxi driver

chauffeur m de poids lourd/camion/taxi

2. driver SPORTS (golf club):

driver

club m de départ

3. driver COMPUT:

driver

pilote m (de périphérique)

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

He was their puppeteer, he was their slave driver.

www.thewhig.com

As is sadly still the case today, slave drivers misused their status and visited major cruelty on their peers.

jamaica-gleaner.com

We had no bureaucrats to save us from our meddling parents, the slave drivers.

news.nationalpost.com

I've had the most incredible time, this man is a slave driver.

www.irishexaminer.com

No, no, these are slave drivers.

www.huffingtonpost.ca

Slave drivers, these public servants.

www.independent.ie

So we're our own slave drivers, in a way.

www.gq-magazine.co.uk

She was a big hefty woman, a slave driver with a heart of gold.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I would rather break a rock in two and eat it than allow these slave drivers to give us orders.

www.thenation.com

He answers the slave drivers' indignation with a cool (and ruthlessly violent) efficiency that we'll grow accustomed to, carefully establishing a motive of self-defense before opening fire.

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