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thrall Definition

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
thrall Synonyms

thrall

n.

bondman, serf, vassal; see slave 1.

thrall Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: How have we become thralls to death and sin?

Noun used with modifier

  • vise: Boasted of his vise president thrall or even to.
  • president: Boasted of his vise president thrall or even to.
thrall Quotes

No princely pomp, no wealthy store, No force to win the victory, No wily wit to salve a sore, No shape to feed each gazing eye; To none of these I yield as thrall. For why my mind doth serve for all.

—Dyer, Sir Edward