Legree

[ li-gree ]

noun

1. Simon. Simon Legree.

Example Sentences

The book is replete with reversals of responsibility for slavery, with evil Yankees like Simon Legree and conflicted slave owners like Arthur Shelby and Augustine St. Clare, but in the end, as the literary historian Andrew Delbanco writes, the novel’s central theme is that “conscience is no match for the coercive force of the market.”

From New York Times

And it came six years after the death of team owner Walter O. Briggs, whom Black sportswriter Wendell Smith described as “Oh so very prejudiced. He’s the major league combination of Simon Legree and Adolf Hitler.”

From Washington Post

Guy and Pinkins played sparingly in one year with the Seahawks and were gone while LeGree and Murphy never played in Seattle.

From Seattle Times

“He has such a beautiful light to his personality, and a most beautiful smile,” Mr. Wildin said of Mr. Vo, who graduated with a B.F.A. in dance from Juilliard and has appeared in several Broadway shows, including his role as King Simon of Legree during the 2015 to 2016 revival of “The King and I.”

From New York Times

The mother of small children, Ms. LeGree has been up at all hours, she said, calling every personal and professional contact she had ever made, and banking on the good will that people have felt for the mission of her organization.

From New York Times