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helotry

[ hel-uh-tree, hee-luh- ]
/ ˈhɛl ə tri, ˈhi lə- /
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noun
serfdom; slavery.
helots collectively.
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Origin of helotry

First recorded in 1820–30; Helot + -ry

Words nearby helotry

HELOC, Héloïse, helophyte, Helot, helotism, helotry, help, helper, helper T cell, helpful, helping
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Words related to helotry

enslavement, serfdom, servitude, subjugation, yoke, bondage, captivity, chains, peonage, servility, subjection, thrall, thralldom, drudge, drudgery, enthrallment, feudalism, grind, indenture, labor

How to use helotry in a sentence

  • But, after all, their state is a modern Sparta—an aristocracy resting on a helotry, and with nothing else to rest upon.

    Pictures of Southern Life|William Howard Russell

  • The State is but a gigantic Sparta, in which the helotry are marked by an indelible difference of color and race from the masters.

    The Civil War in America|William Howard Russell

  • But, after all, their State is a modern Sparta—an aristocracy resting on a helotry, and with nothing else to rest upon.

    The Civil War in America|William Howard Russell

  • It would be worth his while to keep his commercial helotry supplied with sceptical literature.

    A Chesterton Calendar|G. K. Chesterton

British Dictionary definitions for helotry

helotry
/ (ˈhɛlətrɪ, ˈhiː-) /
noun
serfdom or slavery
serfs or slaves as a class
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