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as in slave
a person who is considered the property of another person
I'm not your thrall, so you'll have to pick up after yourself
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as in slavery
the state of being an enslaved person
a people who still bear the scars of having been in thrall for so many years
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Recent Examples of thrall
Hedda’s magnetism is undeniable, and that people would be under her thrall is understandable.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
Like, why does everyone under Gladys' thrall run the same way, with wild eyes and their arms jutting out sharply to the side?
—EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Archer is now under the witch’s thrall.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Botnet Madness Botnet malware is useful for financially motivated crime because botmasters can tell the bots in their thrall to implant malware on vulnerable machines, send phishing emails, or engage in click fraud, in which botnets profit by directing bots to click pay-per-click ads.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
Like, why does everyone under Gladys' thrall run the same way, with wild eyes and their arms jutting out sharply to the side?
—EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Archer is now under the witch’s thrall.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Botnet Madness Botnet malware is useful for financially motivated crime because botmasters can tell the bots in their thrall to implant malware on vulnerable machines, send phishing emails, or engage in click fraud, in which botnets profit by directing bots to click pay-per-click ads.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrall
Noun
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The circular route that Nour takes, from France to the country of her ancestors, is contrasted with a traditional French wedding filled with the descendants of these very same slaves.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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Many slaves, Murray noted, internalized this ideal of American freedom despite their own subjugation.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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Advertisement Lincoln’s birthday was already a celebrated day in many states, as people chose to honor his role in preserving the Union during the Civil War and moving to abolish slavery through the Emancipation Proclamation.—
Tiago Ventura,
Time,
14 Feb. 2026
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Other more doc-style moments digress to explore the family’s history, which stretches all the way back to when Guinea-Bissau was a Portuguese colony and slavery abounded.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Thrall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrall. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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