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galley slave in British Englishnoun1. a criminal or slave condemned to row in a galley galley slave in American Englishnoun1. a person condemned to work at an oar on a galley Word origin [1560–70 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1560–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bulb, event, identity, propagate, ritual |