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thrall (t̸hrôl)

noun

  1. Literary a slave or bondman
  2. a person under the moral or psychological domination of someone or something
  3. the condition of being enslaved or dominated, often in a psychological way; thralldom

Etymology: ME thral < OE thræl < ON thræll < Gmc *thranhilaz, lit., the constrained one < IE base *trenk-, to shove, press hard > throng

transitive verb

Archaic to enslave

adjective

Archaic enslaved

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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