Main Entry: ¹thrall

Pronunciation: \ˈthrȯl\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English thral, from Old English thræl, from Old Norse thræll

Date: before 12th century

1 a : a servant slave : bondman; also : serf b : a person in moral or mental servitude
2 a : a state of servitude or submission <in thrall to his emotions> b : a state of complete absorption <mountains could hold me in thrall with a subtle attraction of their own — Elyne Mitchell>

— thrall adjective

— thrall·dom or thral·dom \ˈthrȯl-dəm\ noun