An athlete often needs more of a companion than a slave driver.
They were constantly telling us that we were slave drivers and refusing to do chores for health and safety reasons.
Horror stories have been cited of unfortunate junior doctors being forced to work entire weekends on their own with no sleep or food by slave driver health board paymasters.
Dick has long been the slave driver of the group as far as getting things ready are concerned.
Next time you call your boss a "slave driver" watch out.
The girls had joked that I was a slave driver even at sleepovers.
In the eyes of someone who just sees a fragment of my life, they may see me as a dictator, they may see me as a slave driver.
He's a bit of a slave driver.
You're such a slave driver!
He was a slave driver and really made people work.
Synonyms
(hard) taskmaster, (hard) taskmistress, tyrant
Definition of slave driver in US English:
slave driver
nounslāv ˈdrīvər
1A person who oversees and urges on slaves at work.
Example sentencesExamples
The man was our slave-driver; he owned us in pretty much every way possible.
Immediately, however, the would-be slave-drivers of Indians discovered that there was a fatal flaw in their grand plan of exploiting the indigenous population of the New World.
Near the end of their time in America, Dixon tears the whip from the hand of a slave driver busy beating his property; whom Dixon frees.
He looked in the Torah and saw that Moses defended his people against the slave driver.
He tried selling me to every other merchant and slave driver that he passed, but none of them would buy me until you came along.
They also wore rudimentary robes so that a slave driver wouldn't yell at them for not showing they were there.
Those who try to stop it - as Dixon does when he challenges the slave driver - are not fools.
And, when a slave begins to get out of control, the slave driver has to, in some cases, take drastic measures.
1.1informal A person who works others very hard.
Example sentencesExamples
He was a slave driver and really made people work.
You're such a slave driver!
An athlete often needs more of a companion than a slave driver.
Dick has long been the slave driver of the group as far as getting things ready are concerned.
He's a bit of a slave driver.
The girls had joked that I was a slave driver even at sleepovers.
Next time you call your boss a "slave driver" watch out.
Horror stories have been cited of unfortunate junior doctors being forced to work entire weekends on their own with no sleep or food by slave driver health board paymasters.
They were constantly telling us that we were slave drivers and refusing to do chores for health and safety reasons.
In the eyes of someone who just sees a fragment of my life, they may see me as a dictator, they may see me as a slave driver.
Synonyms
taskmaster, hard taskmaster, taskmistress, hard taskmistress, tyrant