galérien
See also: Galerien
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.le.ʁjɛ̃/
Noun
galérien m (plural galériens)
- (historical) galley slave
- Synonym: forçat
- (by extension, colloquial) forced laborer
- Synonym: bagnat
- il les faisait travailler comme des galériens
- he worked them to the bone, like slaves
Derived terms
- vie de galérien (“dog's life”)
Further reading
- “galérien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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