Meaning of HELOT
| Pronunciation: | | 'helut
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| | Definition: | | [n] (medieval Europe) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord |
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| | Synonyms: | | serf, villein |
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| | See Also: | | cotter, cottier, thrall | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \He"lot\ (?; 277), n. [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 ?.]
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.
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| | Related Terms: | | apple-polisher, ass-licker, backscratcher, backslapper, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, bootlick, bootlicker, brownie, brown-nose, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl, clawback, concubine, courtier, creature, cringer, debt slave, dupe, fawner, flatterer, flunky, footlicker, galley slave, groveler, handshaker, homager, instrument, jackal, kowtower, lackey, led captain, lickspit, lickspittle, liege, liege man, liege subject, mealymouth, minion, odalisque, peon, puppet, serf, servant, slave, spaniel, stooge, subject, suck, sycophant, theow, thrall, timeserver, toad, toady, tool, truckler, tufthunter, vassal, villein, yes-man |
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