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Definition of Helot
1. Noun. (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.
Geographical relationships: Europe
Specialized synonyms: Cotter, Cottier
Generic synonyms: Thrall
Category relationships: Dark Ages, Middle Ages
Derivative terms: Serfdom, Serfhood
Definition of Helot
1. n. A slave in ancient Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave or serf.
Definition of Helot
1. Noun. An individual of the ancient Spartan class of serfs. ¹
2. Noun. A serf; a slave. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Helot
1. a slave or serf [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Helot
Literary usage of Helot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treasury of Canadian Verse: With Brief Biographical Notes by Theodore Harding Rand (1900)
"From "THE helot" helot, drink—nor spare the wine ; Drain the deep, the maddening
bowl; Flesh and sinews, slave, are mine, Now I claim thy helot soul. ..."
2. History of South Africa 1691-1795 by George McCall Theal (1888)
"WILLEM helot, SECUNDE, ACTING HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT, 28 DECEMBER 1711 TO 28
MARCH 17H. Violent conduct of the Rev. Mr. Le Boucq—Church matters at the Cape, ..."
3. The Home and Foreign Review (1864)
"its contrary, as the drunken helot preached sobriety; the other is the
scarcely-disguised personality of Thackeray himself. The two varieties have their ..."
4. Books Fatal to Their Authors by Peter Hampson Ditchfield (1895)
"... helot—Matteo Pal- mieri—La Grange—Pierre Petit—Voltaire —Montgomery—Keats—Joseph
Ritson. JHE haunters of Parnassus and the wearers of the laurel crown ..."
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