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Definitions: Thrall |
ThrallNoun1. The state of being under the control of another person. 2. Someone held in bondage. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "thrall" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: ThrallSynonyms: bondage (n), slavery (n), thraldom (n), thralldom (n). (additional references) |
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Thrall is a city located in Williamson County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 710.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Thrall."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Subjection | Noun: subjection; dependence, dependency; subordination; thrall, thralldom, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom; feudalism, feudality; vassalage, villenage; slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude; conquest. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Thrall |
| English words defined with "thrall": Enthrall ♦ Inthrall ♦ Thrall-like. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "thrall": respite ♦ Sword-makers. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "thrall": Thirlage. (references) |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have been done by the prosecuting attorney. Any break in the continuity of a disagreeable expectation. Altgeld upon his incandescend bed Lay, an attendant demon at his head. "O cruel cook, pray grant me some relief -- Some respite from the roast, however brief." "Remember how on earth I pardoned all Your friends in Illinois when held in thrall." "Unhappy soul! for that alone you squirm O'er fire unquenched, a never-dying worm. "Yet, for I pity your uneasy state, Your doom I'll mollify and pains abate. "Naught, for a season, shall your comfort mar, Not even the memory of who you are." Throughout eternal space dread silence fell; Heaven trembled as Compassion entered Hell. "As long, sweet demon, let my respite be As, governing down here, I'd respite thee." "As long, poor soul, as any of the pack You thrust from jail consumed in getting back." A genial chill affected Altgeld's hide While they were turning him on t'other side. Joel Spate Woop |
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| "Thrall" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.75% of the time. "Thrall" is used about 80 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.75% | 79 | 37,388 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 80 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "thrall" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Thrall | Last name | 1,000 | 14,736 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Thrall, TX (town, FIPS 72824) |
Expressions using "thrall": be held in thrall ♦ hold in thrall ♦ in thrall. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "thrall": Thrall-less, Thrall-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
thrall texas | 138 |
thrall | 21 |
car thrall | 8 |
bill thrall | 8 |
isd thrall | 8 |
library thrall | 6 |
pat thrall | 5 |
donald thrall | 5 |
library middletown thrall | 4 |
enterprise thrall | 3 |
ferguson thrall | 3 |
arthur thrall | 2 |
car manufacturing thrall | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "thrall"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | skllavëri (bondservice, servility, servitude, slavery, thraldom), skllav (bondman, bondservant, bondslave, helot, serf, slave), marr në skllavëri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مستعبد (enslaved, enthralled, slave), عبودية (bondage, captivity, enslavement, obsequiousness, serfdom, servitude, slavery, subjection, subservience, thraldom, yoke), عبد (gladiator, pave, slave, worship), رق (melt, serfdom, servitude, slavery, spare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | робство (bondage, bondservice, enslavement, fetter, serfage, serfdom, servitude, slavery, thralldom, vassalage), роб (addict, bondservant, bondslave, bondsman, chattel, galley slave, helot, mameluke, predial, serf, slave, vassal), обвързаност, заробвам (enfetter, enslave, slave), поробвам (enslave, enthral, subjugate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zotroèit (enslave, slave), otrok (bondslave, drudge, helot, slave, vassal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | servitude (thraldom), esclave, esclavage (thraldom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Leibeigene (bondsman, bondswoman, chattel, serf, villein). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δούλοσ (bondman, fag, helot, slave), δουλεία (bondage, shebang, slavery, thraldom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משועבד (enslaved, oppressed, slavish), עבד (bondsman, serf, servant, servitor, slave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rabszolga (bondslave, maroon, serf, slave, slavish), jobbágy (bondman, bondservant, bondsman, carl, serf, villein), szolgaság (servility, servitude, thraldom), rabja vminek (addict, fiend, to be addicted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | schiavo (drudge, slave), schiavitù (servitude, slavery, subject, subjugate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sleab (slave), deyrsnagh, breih. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | allthray servo (bondman, bondservant, bondslave, help, menial, serf, servant, slave, vassal, villain), servidão (bondage, common, easily, serfdom, servitude, thraldom, vassalage, villainage), escravo (bond, bondman, bondservant, bondslave, helot, mamma, minion, serf, slave, vassal, villain), escravizar (chain, enslavement, enthral, enthrall), escravidão (bondage, captivity, drudgery, enslavement, servitude, slavery, thraldom). (various references) sclav (bondman, creature, hack, serf, slave), iobag (bondman, bondsman, Carl, villain), şerb (bondsman, Carl, serf, villain). (various references) рабство (bondage, bondservice, captivity, serfage, serfdom, serfhood, servitude, servitudes, slavery, slavishness, thraldom, thralldom, vassalage, yoke), раб (bondservant, bondslave, bondsman, helot, serf, slave), порабощать (enslave, enthral, subjugate). (various references) ropstvo (bondage, enslavement, peonage, serfage, servility, servitude, slavery, thraldom), rob (bondservant, bondslave, chattel, galley slave, helot, mameluke, menial, slave, villein), kmet (bondservant, peon, serf). (various references) esclavo (bond, bondman, bondsman, slave), esclavitud (bondage, enslavement, peonage, servitude, slavery). (various references) träldom (bondage, serfage, serfdom, serfhood, servitude, slavery, thraldom), träl (bondservant, bondsman, serf, slave, villain, villein). (various references) ผู้ถูกครอบงำทางจิตใจ, ทาส (bondman, bondwoman, thralldom). (various references) kölelik (bondage, enslavement, enthrallment, enthralment, peonage, peonism, serfage, serfdom, servility, servitude, slavery, thraldom, thralldom, villainage, villeinage), köle (bond slave, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, chattel, chattel slave, contraband, drudge, helot, mameluke, man friday, minion, serf, servile, slave), esir (bond slave, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, captive, capture, helot, prisoner, slave). (various references) рабство (bondage, captivity, enslavement, serfage, serfdom, serfhood, servitude, slavery, vassalage), раб (chattel, helot, serf, slave), полонений (captive). (various references) cảnh tôi đòi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "thrall": thralldom, thralldoms, thralled, thralling, thralls. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "thrall": disenthrall, enthrall, inthrall. (additional references) | |
Words containing "thrall": disenthralled, disenthralling, disenthralls, enthralled, enthralling, enthrallment, enthrallments, enthralls, inthralled, inthralling, inthralls. (additional references) | |
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"Thrall" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Athwal, H'rull, Khrahl, thal, thall, theal, theral, thra, thral, threlt, thrll, thrull, toral, Tyrall. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "thrall" (pronounced thrô"l) |
| 4 | th r ô" l | enthral. |
| 3 | -r ô" l | brawl, crawl, drawl, scrawl, sprawl. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-l-l-r-t" | |
-2 letters: hall, halt, harl, hart, lath, rath, tahr, tall. | |
-3 letters: all, alt, art, hat, lar, lat, rah, rat, tar. | |
-4 letters: ah, al, ar, at, ha, la, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-l-l-r-t" | |
+1 letter: thralls. | |
+2 letters: enthrall, inthrall, thralled, turnhall. | |
+3 letters: allethrin, enthralls, inthralls, prothalli, shortfall, thermally, thralldom, thralling, turnhalls. | |
+4 letters: allethrins, enthralled, ethereally, heliolatry, inthralled, prothallia, prothallus, shortfalls, tetherball, thralldoms, ultralight, wrathfully. | |
+5 letters: catarrhally, chanterelle, chloroplast, disenthrall, enthralling, heartlessly, heretically, inthralling, lamplighter, leatherleaf, leatherlike, prothallium, rathskeller, stallholder, tetherballs, thankfuller, thermically, trophically, ultralights. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 68 72 61 6C 6C |
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