thrall
[ thrawl ]
/ θrɔl /
noun
a person who is in bondage; slave.
a person who is morally or mentally enslaved by some power, influence, or the like: He was the thrall of morbid fantasies.
slavery; thralldom.
verb (used with object)
Archaic. to put or hold in thralldom; enslave.
adjective
Archaic. subjected to bondage; enslaved.
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Origin of thrall
before 950; Middle English; Old English thrǣl<Old Norse thrǣll slave
OTHER WORDS FROM thrall
un·thralled, adjectiveWords nearby thrall
Thrace, Thracian, Thraco-Phrygian, thraiping, Thrale, thrall, thralldom, thrang, thrapple, thrash, thrash about
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British Dictionary definitions for thrall
thrall
/ (θrɔːl) /
noun
Also called: thraldom, (US) thralldom (ˈθrɔːldəm) the state or condition of being in the power of another person
a person who is in such a state
a person totally subject to some need, desire, appetite, etc
verb
(tr) to enslave or dominate
Word Origin for thrall
Old English thrǣl slave, from Old Norse thrǣll
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