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“thrall”
1. A person who is in bondage; a slave: Wamba was considered a thrall in the service of Lord Cedric in the Sir Walter Scott novel of Ivanhoe.
2. A person who is morally or mentally enslaved by some power, influence, etc.: Mollie was a thrall to her professor’s towering intellect and prodigious writings and publications.
3. Etymology: Old English þrael, "bondsman, serf, slave", from Old Norse þraell, "slave, servant".
2. A person who is morally or mentally enslaved by some power, influence, etc.: Mollie was a thrall to her professor’s towering intellect and prodigious writings and publications.
3. Etymology: Old English þrael, "bondsman, serf, slave", from Old Norse þraell, "slave, servant".
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