Thrall
[θrɔːl] or [θrɔl]
Definition
(n.) A slave; a bondman.
(n.) Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom.
(n.) A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved.
(v. t.) To enslave.
Edited by Caleb
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Slave, bondman, vassal, serf.[2]. Slavery, THRALDOM.
Edited by Lizzie
Definition
n. a slave serf: slavery servitude: a shelf for barrels.—adj. (arch.) subject.—v.t. to enslave.—ns. Thral′dom Thrall′dom the condition of a thrall or slave: slavery: bondage.—adj. Thrall′-like (Milt.) resembling a thrall or slave: resembling slavery: slavish.
Checker: Rupert
Examples
- The sense of inevitable routines that held all the world in thrall six years ago has gone. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Tom stood perfectly submissive; and yet Legree could not hide from himself that his power over his bond thrall was somehow gone. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Not his ascendancy alone, however, held me in thrall at present. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Checker: Pamela