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thrall

–noun

1.	a person who is in bondage; slave.

2.	a person who is morally or mentally enslaved by some power, influence, or the like: He was the thrall of morbid fantasies.

3.	slavery; thralldom.

–verb (used with object)

4.	Archaic. to put or hold in thralldom; enslave.

–adjective

5.	Archaic. subjected to bondage; enslaved.

[Origin: bef. 950; ME; OE thrǣl < ON thrǣll slave

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n.

1. One, such as a slave or serf, who is held in bondage.
2. One who is intellectually or morally enslaved.
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 thrǣl, from Old Norse thrǣll.]

thrall'dom, thral'dom n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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O.E. þræl "bondsman, serf, slave," from O.N. þræll "slave, servant," probably from P.Gmc. *thrakhilaz, lit. "runner," from root *threh- "to run" (cf. O.H.G. dregil "servant," prop. "runner;" O.E. þrægan, Goth. þragjan "to run").

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thrall
noun
1.	the state of being under the control of another person [syn: bondage]
2.	someone held in bondage

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Thrall, TX (town, FIPS 72824) Location: 30.58844 N, 97.29843 W
Population (1990): 550 (232 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 76578

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Thrall

Thirl"age\, n. [Cf. Thrall.] (Scots Law) The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding. --Erskine.

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Thrall

Thral"dom\, n. [Icel. ?r[ae]ld[=o]mr. See Thrall, and -dom.] The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude. [Written also thralldom.]

Women are born to thraldom and penance And to be under man's governance. --Chaucer.

He shall rule, and she in thraldom live. --Dryden.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Thrall

Thrall\, n. [OE. thral, [thorn]ral, Icel. [thorn]r[ae]ll, perhaps through AS. [thorn]r[=ae]l; akin to Sw. tr["a]l, Dan. tr[ae]l, and probably to AS. [thorn]r[ae]gian to run, Goth. [thorn]ragjan, Gr. tre`chein; cf. OHG. dregil, drigil, a servant.]

1. A slave; a bondman. --Chaucer.

Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric. --Sir W. Scott.

2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. --Tennyson.

He still in thrall Of all-subdoing sleep. --Chapman.

3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

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