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- pronunciation:
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noun |
| definition 1: |
in the mid-nineteenth-century novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, a cruel overseer and slave dealer.
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| definition 2: |
(often l.c.) any harsh taskmaster; slave driver; martinet.
- similar words:
- tyrant
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