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Noun: helot  he-lut
  1. (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
    "The helot toiled in the fields, unable to leave the estate without his lord's permission";
    - serf, villein
Noun: Helot  he-lut
  1. A member of a class of serfs in ancient Sparta, typically captured in war and bound to the land
    "The Helots worked the fields for their Spartan masters"

Derived forms: Helots, helots

Type of: thrall

Encyclopedia: Helot