thrall
noun
- Literary a slave or bondman
- a person under the moral or psychological domination of someone or something
- the condition of being enslaved or dominated, often in a psychological way; thralldom
transitive verb
Archaic to enslave
adjective
Archaic enslaved
See thrall in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(thrôl)
nouna. One, such as a slave or serf, who is held in bondage.
b. One who is intellectually or morally enslaved.
- Servitude; bondage: “a people in thrall to the miracles of commerce” (Lewis H. Lapham).
transitive verb thralled,
thrall·ing,
thralls Archaic To enslave.
Related Forms:
- thrallˈdom, thralˈdom noun
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