pseudoslave

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pseudo- +‎ slave

Noun[edit]

pseudoslave (plural pseudoslaves)

  1. Someone whose condition resembles, but is not actually, slavery
    • 2009 August 23, Dan Rosenheck, “Restoring Sanity to Baseball’s Economics”, in New York Times[1]:
      Minor leaguers and players with less than three years of service time remain pseudoslaves.