Thrall

/θɹɔːl/ · noun

Meaning

(literary, otherwise archaic) Slave; one under the control of another..

Definitions by Sense

1. (literary, otherwise archaic) Slave; one under the control of another.
2. (uncountable) The state of being under the control of another person.
3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc.
4. (archaic) Enthralled; captive.
5. (literary, otherwise archaic) To make a thrall; enslave.

Example Sentences

My father was always a thrall to alcohol.

My servant, which that is my thrall by right

Hereat its Marid appeared and said to him, "Adsum! thy thrall between thy hands is come: ask of me whatso thou wantest."

And there were household slaves in golden collars that burned of a plenty there with her, and nine female thralls, and eight male slaves of the Angles that were of gentle birth and battle-captured.

Today's kids are in thrall to their phones.

Go: release him from the thrall of Hautia.

[Y]our friend, John Edward, is at the other end of the room with his whole soul held in thrall by photographs of other people's relatives.

In her brain she was dimly conscious of balancing, or striving to balance, the abject shame which had him now in thrall against the one compelling act of courage which had flung him grandly and madly on to the point of danger.

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Word Forms

• thralls
• more thrall
• most thrall
• thralling
• thralled

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