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Simon Legree   /sˈaɪmən lɪgrˈi/   Listen
Simon Legree

noun
1.
A cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees.  Synonym: slave driver.
2.
The cruel slave dealer in an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.





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"Simon Legree" Quotes from Famous Books



... Mr. Simon Legree, Tom's master, had purchased slaves at one place and another, in New Orleans, to the number of eight, and driven them, handcuffed, in couples of two and two, down to the good steamer Pirate, which lay at the levee, ready for a trip up ...
— Uncle Tom's Cabin • Harriet Beecher Stowe


Words linked to "Simon Legree" :   fictitious character, employer, character, fictional character


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