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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Helot (0.00955 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Helot.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: helot
helot
n : (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by
the feudal lord [syn:
serf,
villein]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Helot
Helot
\He"lot\ (?; 277), n. [L. Helotes, Hilotae, pl., fr. Gr.
E'e`lws and E'elw`ths a bondman or serf of the Spartans; so
named from 'Elos, a town of Laconia, whose inhabitants were
enslaved; or perh. akin to e`lei^n to take, conquer, used as
2d aor. of ?.]
A slave in ancient Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave or
serf.
[1913 Webster]
Those unfortunates, the Helots of mankind, more or less
numerous in every community. --I. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
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