Helot

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of a class of serfs in ancient Sparta, neither a slave nor a free citizen.
  • n. A person in servitude; a serf.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An individual of the ancient Spartan class of serfs.
  • n. A serf; a slave.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A slave in ancient Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave or serf.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One of a class of serfs among the ancient. Spartans who were owned by the state, were bound to the soil under allotment to landholders, and fulfilled all servile functions.
  • n. Hence A serf or slave, in general; a servile person; one subject, to the orders and caprices of another.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    thrall   
    Hyponym
    cotter    cottier   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    pellet    pelot    zealot   
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    farm-labourer    wage-slave    lemon-peel    cow-house    bondsman    hith    pining    appanage   
     
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