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Noun: Simon Legree  'see-mon li'gree
  1. The cruel slave dealer in an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
     
  2. A cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees
    "The new manager was a Simon Legree who never allowed breaks";
    - slave driver

Type of: character, employer, fictional character, fictitious character

Encyclopedia: Simon Legree