thrall
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- noun
- /θrɔl/
- NSFW
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esclavo
- After years of being held in bondage, she finally found the strength to break free from her thrall.
- held in thrall
Examples
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I had given up my own soul to become another man's thrall.
Fiction book (1995) -
She's one of my thralls now.
Fiction book (1998) -
For six years, it had held him in thrall.
Fiction book (1991) -
The time has come to fulfill your oaths, my loyal thralls.
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Bring me my thralls.
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For many generations, they were lorded over by decadent rulers who held the downtrodden masses in thrall by violence, self-serving lies, and the inertia of tradition.
Fiction book (2000) -
He lived most of his life as a thrall, working tirelessly under the oppressive rule of the landowner.
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The villagers were in the thrall of a cruel lord, forced to obey his every command without question.
Synonyms
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3.4
A person legally owned by someone else who must work without pay or freedom
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4.2
Kept as a prisoner and not free
A person forced to work without pay for someone else
Antonyms
How Enslaved
Surface Forms
Etymology
Thrall comes from an old Norse word þræll meaning 'slave', so it originally named someone held in bondage or forced to work.