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Thrall

A slave; a bondman.

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Bond servant 76% connected

A slave; one who is bound to service without wages.

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Subjection 76% connected

The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing.

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Subjugation 76% connected

The act of subjugating, or the state of being subjugated.

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Helot 76% connected

A slave in ancient Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave or serf.

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Serf 76% connected

A servant or slave employed in husbandry, and in some countries attached to the soil and transferred with it, as formerly in Russia.

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Serfdom 76% connected

The state or condition of a serf.

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Serfhood 76% connected

Alt. of Serfism

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Servitude 76% connected

The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hen…

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Vassalage 76% connected

The state of being a vassal, or feudatory.

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Villein 76% connected

See Villain, 1.

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Bondage 92% connected

The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.

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Slavery 92% connected

The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another.

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Thraldom 92% connected

The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude.

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Thralldom 92% connected

Thraldom.

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