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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the state of being under the control of another person;
[syn: bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom, thraldom]

2. someone held in bondage;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Thrall \Thrall\, a. Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] The fiend that would make you thrall and bond. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Thrall \Thrall\, v. t. To enslave. [Obs. or Poetic] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Thrall \Thrall\, n. [OE. thral, [thorn]ral, Icel. [thorn]r[ae]ll, perhaps through AS. [thorn]r[=ae]l; akin to Sw. tr[aum]l, Dan. tr[ae]l, and probably to AS. [thorn]r[ae]gian to run, Goth. [thorn]ragjan, Gr. tre`chein; cf. OHG. dregil, drigil, a servant.] 1. A slave; a bondman. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] He still in thrall Of all-subdoing sleep. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] 3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

thrall n 1: the state of being under the control of another person [syn: bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom, thraldom] 2: someone held in bondage
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

57 Moby Thesaurus words for "thrall": absolutism, bond service, bondage, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, captive, captivity, chattel, chattel slave, churl, concubine, control, debt slave, debt slavery, deprivation of freedom, disenfranchisement, disfranchisement, domination, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, feudality, galley slave, helot, helotism, helotry, homager, indentureship, liege, liege man, liege subject, odalisque, peon, peonage, restraint, serf, serfdom, serfhood, servant, servility, servitude, slave, slavery, subject, subjection, subjugation, theow, thralldom, tyranny, vassal, vassalage, villein, villenage, yoke
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Thrall, TX -- U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 710 Housing Units (2000): 264 Land area (2000): 0.406467 sq. miles (1.052744 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.406467 sq. miles (1.052744 sq. km) FIPS code: 72824 Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48 Location: 30.588640 N, 97.298707 W ZIP Codes (1990): 76578 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Thrall, TX Thrall