thrall

n.

1. 1. One, such as a slave or serf, who is held in bondage.
   2. One who is intellectually or morally enslaved.
2. Servitude; bondage: "a people in thrall to the miracles of commerce" (Lewis H. Lapham).

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

[Middle English, from Old English thrǣl, from Old Norse thrǣll.]

thralldom thrall'dom or thral'dom n.

noun

A state of subjugation to an owner or master: bondage, enslavement, helotry, serfdom, servileness, servility, servitude, slavery, thralldom, villeinage, yoke. See over/under.

IN BRIEF: A state of complete attention..

He was my model, Churchill said. I learned from him how to hold thousands in thrall. — William Bourke Cockran (1854-1923)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - træl, slave, trældom
v. tr. - trælle

Nederlands (Dutch)
slaaf

Français (French)
n. - esclave, emprise, fascination
v. tr. - asservir

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sklave, Höriger
v. - versklaven

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δουλεία, ζυγός, δεσμά

Italiano (Italian)
schiavo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - servo (m), escravo (m)

Русский (Russian)
(ред.) раб, пленник, рабство

Español (Spanish)
n. - esclavo
v. tr. - esclavizar, avasallar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förslava, göra till träl (åld.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
奴隶, 奴役, 束缚, 使成为奴隶

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 奴隸, 奴役, 束縛
v. tr. - 使成為奴隸

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 노예, 노예 신세, 속박
v. tr. - 노예로 만들다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 奴隷, 奴隷の身, 束縛, とりこ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رقيق, عبد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עבד, משועבד, עבדות‬
v. tr. - ‮שעבד (מיושן)‬

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