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Helot

Helot Meaning & Definition
Helot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Helot?

[n] (medieval Europe) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

Synonyms | Synonyms for Helot: serf | villein

Related Terms | Find terms related to Helot: apple-polisher | ass-licker | backscratcher | backslapper | bondmaid | bondman | bondslave | bondsman | bondswoman | bootlick | bootlicker | brownie | brown-nose | captive | chattel | chattel slave | churl | clawback | concubine | courtier | creature | cringer | debt slave | dupe | fawner | flatterer | flunky | footlicker | galley slave | groveler | handshaker | homager | instrument | jackal | kowtower | lackey | led captain | lickspit | lickspittle | liege | liege man | liege subject | mealymouth | minion | odalisque | peon | puppet | serf | servant | slave | spaniel | stooge | subject | suck | sycophant | theow | thrall | timeserver | toad | toady | tool | truckler | tufthunter | vassal | villein | yes-man

See Also | cotter | cottier | thrall

Helot In Webster's Dictionary

\He"lot\ (?; 277), n. [L. Helotes, Hilotae, pl., fr. Gr. E'e`lws and E'elw`ths a bondman or serf of the Spartans; so named from 'Elos, a town of Laconia, whose inhabitants were enslaved; or perh. akin to e`lei^n to take, conquer, used as 2d aor. of ?.] A slave in ancient Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave or serf. Those unfortunates, the Helots of mankind, more or less numerous in every community. --I. Taylor.

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