About The Word Thrall
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Thrall
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What's The Definition Of Thrall?
[n] someone held in bondage
[n] the state of being under the control of another person Synonyms | Synonyms for Thrall: bondage | slavery | thraldom | thralldom Related Terms | Find terms related to Thrall: See Also | bond servant | captivity | enslavement | helot | serf | servitude | villein Thrall In Webster's Dictionary \Thrall\, n. [OE. thral, [thorn]ral, Icel.
[thorn]r[ae]ll, perhaps through AS. [thorn]r[=ae]l; akin to
Sw. tr["a]l, Dan. tr[ae]l, and probably to AS.
[thorn]r[ae]gian to run, Goth. [thorn]ragjan, Gr. tre`chein;
cf. OHG. dregil, drigil, a servant.]
1. A slave; a bondman. --Chaucer.
Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. --Tennyson.
He still in thrall Of all-subdoing sleep. --Chapman.
3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
\Thrall\, a. Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved. [Obs.] --Spenser. The fiend that would make you thrall and bond. --Chaucer. \Thrall\, v. t. To enslave. [Obs. or Poetic] --Spenser. |
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