thrall

  • 11thrall — ► NOUN ▪ the state of being in another s power: she was in thrall to her husband. DERIVATIVES thraldom (also thralldom) noun. ORIGIN Old Norse, «slave» …

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  • 12thrall — I noun bondage, captivity, confinement, custody, durance, enslavement, enthrallment, helotry, oppression, servitude, servitus, slavery, subjection, subjugation, submission, thralldom, tyranny, vassalage, yoke II index captive, durance, servitude …

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  • 13thrall — O.E. þræl bondman, serf, slave, from O.N. þræll slave, servant, probably from P.Gmc. *thrakhilaz, lit. runner, from root *threh to run (Cf. O.H.G. dregil servant, prop. runner; O.E. þrægan, Goth. þragjan to run ) …

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  • 14Thrall — A thrall ( Þræll ; Þír , f.) was a variety of slave in Scandinavian culture during the Viking Age. Unlike many of the forms of slavery throughout human history, the state of being a thrall could be entered into voluntarily, as well as… …

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  • 15thrall — en·thrall; en·thrall·ing; en·thrall·ment; thrall·dom; thrall; en·thrall·ing·ly; …

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  • 16thrall — I. noun Etymology: Middle English thral, from Old English thræl, from Old Norse thræll Date: before 12th century 1. a. a servant slave ; bondman; also serf b. a person in moral or mental servitude 2 …

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  • 17Thrall — Pour le personnage des jeux vidéo Warcraft, voir Thrall (personnage). Un thrall (en vieux norrois, þræll ; þír) était, dans la société scandinave médiévale, un esclave. Durant l’Âge des Vikings, la classe des thralls était la plus basse de… …

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  • 18thrall — [[t]θrɔ͟ːl[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft in N to n If you say that someone is in thrall to a person or thing, you mean that they are completely in their power or are greatly influenced by them. [FORMAL] He is not in thrall to the media... Tomorrow s… …

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  • 19thrall — 1. noun /θɹɔːl,θɹɔl,θɹɑl/ a) One who is enslaved or mind controlled. My servant, which that is my thrall by right b) The state of being under the control of another person. And there were household slaves in golden collars that burned of a plenty …

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  • 20thrall — n. (formal) slavery in thrall to * * * [θrɔːl] (formal) [ slavery ] in thrall to …

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