Helot
Origin of Helot
1Other words from Helot
- hel·ot·age, noun
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How to use Helot in a sentence
The Helots were a rural people dwelling on the lands of the Spartans which lay about the capital or in the Laconian towns.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 | VariousAre we not arraigned at the tribunal of civilization, by the helots of despotism?
The Right of American Slavery | True Worthy HoitWe no longer feel that it is England's intention to keep us in the condition of hopeless helots.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up | Clarence PoeThey sent for one of the meanest Helots or slaves, and purposely gave him plenty of wine.
The Story of the Greeks | H. A. GuerberThis unexpected resistance so frightened the Helots, that they hastily withdrew into Messenia.
The Story of the Greeks | H. A. Guerber
British Dictionary definitions for Helot
/ (ˈhɛlət, ˈhiː-) /
(in ancient Greece, esp Sparta) a member of the class of unfree men above slaves owned by the state
(usually not capital) a serf or slave
Origin of Helot
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