slave driver

slave driver

noun
1.
an overseer of slaves.
2.
a hard taskmaster: His boss was a slave driver.

Origin:
1800–10, Americanism
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slave driver

noun
1. a cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees 
2. a supervisor of slaves at work 
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