Usually means: Forced laborer on ancient ships.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word galley slave:

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  1. galley slave: Merriam-Webster
  2. galley slave: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. galley slave: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. galley slave: Collins English Dictionary
  5. galley slave: Vocabulary.com
  6. galley-slave, galley slave: Wordnik
  7. galley slave: Wiktionary
  8. galley slave: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. galley slave: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Galley slave, galley slave: Dictionary.com
  11. Galley Slave, Galley slave, The Galley Slave: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. galley slave: Rhymezone
  13. galley-slave: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. galley slave: FreeDictionary.org
  15. galley slave: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. galley slave: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Galley-slave, galley slave: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. galley slave: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Galley Slave: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (galley slave)

noun:  (historical, nautical) A slave who rows in a galley (type of ship).

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