thrall

thrall  (thrôl)

n.

1.

a. One, such as a slave or serf, who is held in bondage.

b. One who is intellectually or morally enslaved.

2. Servitude; bondage: "a people in thrall to the miracles of commerce" Lewis H. Lapham.

tr.v. thralled, thrall·ing, thralls Archaic

To enslave.

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[Middle English, from Old English thrl, from Old Norse thrll.]

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thralldom, thraldom n.

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thrall

Noun

the state of being completely in the power of, or spellbound by, a person or thing: he was held in thrall by her almost supernatural beauty [Old English thrǣl slave]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	thrall - the state of being under the control of another person slavery, thraldom, thralldom, bondage subjection, subjugation - forced submission to control by others bonded labor - a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States servitude - state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment; "penal servitude" serfdom, serfhood, vassalage - the state of a serf
	2.	thrall - someone held in bondage bond servant - someone bound to labor without wages helot, serf, villein - (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

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thrall

noun slavery, bondage, servitude, enslavement, subjugation, serfdom, subjection, vassalage, thraldom