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English

Etymology

Old English þræl|þrǣl, from Old Norse þrǽll.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /θɹɔːl/
  • IPA: /θɹɔl/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-thrall.ogg


Noun

  1. One who is enslaved or mind-controlled.
  2. *14th century, w:Geoffrey Chaucer|Geoffrey Chaucer, w:The Canterbury Tales|The Canterbury Tales, s:The Canterbury Tales/The Physician's Tale|The Physician's Tale,
  3. *:My servant, which that is my thrall by right
  4. *1915, w:Jack London|Jack London, s:The Star Rover/Chapter 17|The Star Rover,
  5. *: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.
  6. The state of being under the control of another person.
  7. *1864, w:Herman Melville|Herman Melville, s:Mardi/Volume II/Chapter XCI|Mardi,
  8. *:Go: release him from the thrall of Hautia.
  9. *1889, w:Jerome K. Jerome|Jerome K. Jerome, s:Three Men in a Boat/XII|Three Men in a Boat,
  10. *:[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.
  11. *1911, w:Saki|Saki, s:The Easter Egg|The Easter Egg,
  12. *: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.


Related terms


Translations

fr:thrall ja:thrall fi:thrall te:thrall vi:thrall

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thrall \Thrall\, n. [OE. thral, [thorn]ral, Icel.
[thorn]r[ae]ll, perhaps through AS. [thorn]r[=ae]l; akin to
Sw. tr[aum]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.
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Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. --Tennyson.
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He still in thrall
Of all-subdoing sleep. --Chapman.
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3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thrall \Thrall\, a.
Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall;
bond; enslaved. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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The fiend that would make you thrall and bond.
--Chaucer.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thrall \Thrall\, v. t.
To enslave. [Obs. or Poetic] --Spenser.
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WordNet thrall
n 1: the state of being under the control of another person [syn:
bondage, slavery, thralldom, thraldom]
2: someone held in bondage
Moby Dictionary
absolutism , bond service , bondage , bondmaid , bondman , bondslave ,
bondsman , bondswoman , captive , captivity , chattel , chattel slave ,
churl , concubine , control , debt slave , debt slavery ,
deprivation of freedom , disenfranchisement , disfranchisement ,
domination , enslavement , enthrallment , feudalism , feudality ,
galley slave , helot , helotism , helotry , homager , indentureship ,
liege , liege man , liege subject , odalisque , peon , peonage ,
restraint , serf , serfdom , serfhood , servant , servility , servitude ,
slave , slavery , subject , subjection , subjugation , theow , thralldom ,
tyranny , vassal , vassalage , villein , villenage , yoke


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
Moby Dictionary 710
Housing Units (2000): 264
Land area (2000): 0.406467 sq. miles (1.052744 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.406467 sq. miles (1.052744 sq. km)
FIPS code: 72824
Located within: Texas (TX) , FIPS 48
Location: 30.588640 N , 97.298707 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 76578
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Thrall , TX
Thrall
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