pseudoslave

English

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ slave

Noun

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:
      Minor leaguers and players with less than three years of service time remain pseudoslaves.
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