† row-slaven.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: row v.¹, slave n.¹

Etymology: < row v.¹ + slave n.¹ Compare earlier galley slave n. Compare also earlier row-galley n.

Obsolete. rare.

A slave engaged in rowing. Also figurative.

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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > sailor on galley > slave

forsary1546

galley slave1567

row-slave1578

'sforzato1607

mesonaut1623

forsado1625

galleriana1640

galley-bird1655

1578 J. Polemon All Famous Battels 191 They shall fight among the benches of the row-slaues, and on the streight hatches.

a1618 J. Sylvester Mem. Mortalitie xvi, in Wks. (1620) 120 The World's a Sea, the Galley is this Life,..And Man the Rowe-Slaue, to the Port of Death.

1896 J. Bloundelle-Burton In Day of Adversity xviii. 153 They rushed up and down the gangways of the benches, striking the bare backs of the vogueurs, or row-slaves, till they were all crimson with blood.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	row-slave
释义	† row-slaven. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: row v.¹, slave n.¹ Etymology: < row v.¹ + slave n.¹ Compare earlier galley slave n. Compare also earlier row-galley n. Obsolete. rare. A slave engaged in rowing. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > sailor on galley > slave forsary1546 galley slave1567 row-slave1578 'sforzato1607 mesonaut1623 forsado1625 galleriana1640 galley-bird1655 1578 J. Polemon All Famous Battels 191 They shall fight among the benches of the row-slaues, and on the streight hatches. a1618 J. Sylvester Mem. Mortalitie xvi, in Wks. (1620) 120 The World's a Sea, the Galley is this Life,..And Man the Rowe-Slaue, to the Port of Death. 1896 J. Bloundelle-Burton In Day of Adversity xviii. 153 They rushed up and down the gangways of the benches, striking the bare backs of the vogueurs, or row-slaves, till they were all crimson with blood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1578
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