About The Word Helot
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Helot
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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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