thrall Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being under the control of another person
    thraldom; thralldom; slavery; bondage.
  2. noun someone held in bondage

WordNet

Thrall noun
Etymology
OE. thral, ral, Icel. ræll, perhaps through AS. ri; akin to Sw. träl, Dan. træl, and probably to AS. rægian to run, Goth. ragjan, Gr. cf. OHG. dregil, drigil, a servant.
Definitions
  1. A slave; a bondman. Chaucer.
    Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric. Sir W. Scott.
  2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. Tennyson.
    He still in thrall Of all-subdoing sleep. Chapman.
  3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. Prov. Eng.
Thrall adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved. Obs. Spenser.
    The fiend that would make you thrall and bond. Chaucer.
Thrall transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To enslave. Obs. or Poetic Spenser.

Webster 1913