| thrall (thrôl) n. 1. a. One, such as a slave or serf, who is held in bondage. b. One who is intellectually or morally enslaved. 2. Servitude; bondage: "a people in thrall to the miracles of commerce" (Lewis H. Lapham). tr.v. thralled, thrall·ing, thralls Archaic To enslave. [Middle English, from Old English thr  l, from Old Norse thrll.]thrall  dom, thraldom n. |
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| Noun | 1. |  thraldom - the state of being under the control of another personsubjection, subjugation - forced submission to control by others bonded labor - a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States servitude - state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment; "penal servitude" |
Translations
thraldom, (US) thralldom
n (liter) → Knechtschaft f; he was held in thraldom to her beauty (fig) → ihre Schönheit hatte ihn in ihren Bann geschlagen
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