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Definition of Thrall
1. Noun. The state of being under the control of another person.
Generic synonyms: Subjection, Subjugation
Specialized synonyms: Bonded Labor, Servitude, Serfdom, Serfhood, Vassalage
Derivative terms: Thraldom, Thralldom
2. Noun. Someone held in bondage.
Definition of Thrall
1. n. A slave; a bondman.
2. a. Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved.
3. v. t. To enslave.
Definition of Thrall
1. Noun. One who is enslaved or mind-controlled. ¹
2. Noun. The state of being under the control of another person. ¹
3. Verb. To make a thrall. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thrall
1. to enslave [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: enslave
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrall
Literary usage of Thrall
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records by Charles William Manwaring (1906)
"thrall, Joseph. Court Record, Page 132—5 June, 1750: Mary thrall, a minor, 12
years of age, daughter of Joseph thrall, late of Windsor, made choice of her ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... thrall, And been your owne, a« I haue sayd before, Ye must of pity cherish
more and more Your man, and tender after his desert, And giue him courage for ..."
3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters (1907)
"thrall cont'd THROCKMORTON cont'd Deborah 6 363 Elizabeth 5 363 463 Jane 6 463
Jane S. 33 55 John 5 363 43 161 Martha 5 363 ..."
4. The Viking Age: The Early History, Manners, and Customs of the Ancestors of by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1889)
"In two cases only did the thrall himself take payment—when offended by another
thrall, ... A thrall's rett shall be two-thirds less than his master's. ..."
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