xulam — meaning in English
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English meaning
- coolie noun (dated, now often offensive) An unskilled laborer, historically often of Chinese or Indian descent, especially one working under an indenture system.
- drudge noun A person who works in a low servile job.
- slave noun A person legally owned by another and forced to work without freedom or pay.
Senses
xulam is used for these senses in English:
- coolie An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.
- drudge A person who works in a low servile job.
- slave A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
drudge — full definition
- noun A person who works in a low servile job.
- noun Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.