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thraller

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thrall

  [thrawl] ,
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–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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Word Origin & History

thrall 
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").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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