HyperDic: helot

English > 1 sense of the word *helot*:
NOUN	person	helot, serf, villein	(Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

helot > pronunciation
Sounds	hheh'laht
Rhymes	abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht...

English > *helot*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	(Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.
Synonyms	serf, villein
Category	Middle Ages, Dark Ages	The period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
Region	Europe	The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia)
Narrower	cotter, cottier	A medieval English villein
Broader	thrall	someone held in bondage
Spanish	ilota, siervo, villano
Catalan	serf