helotry
[hel-uh-tree, hee-luh-]
noun
serfdom; slavery.
helots collectively.
RELATED WORDS
bondage, labor, enslavement, servitude, captivity, serfdom, subjugation, yoke, enthrallment, thralldom, restraint, work, thrall, grind, drudgery, indenture, drudge, toil, subjection, peonage
Nearby words
- heloma molle,
- helophyte,
- helot,
- helotism,
- helotomy,
- helots,
- help,
- help oneself,
- help out,
- help screens
Origin of helotry
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Examples from the Web for helotry
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 RussellBut, 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 RussellBut, 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
helotry
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