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thrall

[thrawl]

noun

  1. a person who is morally or mentally enslaved by some power, influence, or the like.

    He was the thrall of morbid fantasies.

  2. a person held in bondage or slavery.

  3. slavery; thralldom.

  4. the condition of being in the power of something or someone; a state of subjugation or rapt absorption.

    We will receive no help from the media, who are for the most part in thrall to the political establishment.



verb (used with object)

  1. Archaic.to put or hold in thralldom; enslave.

adjective

  1. Archaic.subjected to bondage; enslaved.

thrall

/ θɔː /

noun

  1. Also called: thraldom. thralldom.the state or condition of being in the power of another person

  2. a person who is in such a state

  3. a person totally subject to some need, desire, appetite, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to enslave or dominate

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • unthralled adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of thrall1

First recorded before 950; Middle English thral, thral(l)e, threl(l)e, Old English ٳǣ “bondman, slave, servant, thrall,” from Old Norse ٳǣl “slave, servant”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of thrall1

Old English ٳǣ slave, from Old Norse ٳǣl
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Rightly or wrongly, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen as in thrall to his far-right colleagues.

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Our organization, formed last year, is a community for those who are leaving MAGA, those who feel doubts about their support for Trump, and friends and family of those still in the thrall of MAGA.

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Saxon hopes the audiences watching “The Legend of Ochi” are kept in thrall, wondering.

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The music industry had largely written her off - but in England, where pop was in thrall to American R&B, she still had some heavyweight fans.

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As his life neared its end, however, Spencer expressed disappointment at the direction the Republican Party had taken, with so many in Trump’s personal thrall.

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