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HELOT
serf, helot, villein
(noun) (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
helot (plural helots)
(historical) A member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs.
A serf; a slave.
Anagrams
• Holte, Thole, hetol, hotel, hôtel, lothe, thole
Source: Wiktionary
He"lot, n. Etym: [L. Helotes, Hilotae, pl., fr. Gr. E'e`lws and E'elw`ths a bondman or serf of the Spartans; so named from 'Elos, a town of Laconia, whose inhabitants were enslaved; or perh. akin to e`lei^n to take, conquer, used as 2d aor. of
Definition: A slave in ancient Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave or serf. Those unfortunates, the Helots of mankind, more or less numerous in every community. I. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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