Definition of "thrall" []

• One, such as a slave or serf, who is held in bondage. (noun)
• One who is intellectually or morally enslaved. (noun)
• Servitude; bondage: "a people in thrall to the miracles of commerce” ( Lewis H. Lapham). (noun)
• Archaic To enslave. (verb-transitive)

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• "The other survivor is a bombastic general from the other clan, in thrall to military glory, in love with death."
• "I am on the left and in thrall to Karl Marx, Gul tells Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror."
• "You are either a stupid troll in thrall to the screechmonkeys that do your thinking for you and knowing you are too stupid to even TRY to discuss the topic or you are a mental patient who needs to increase your meds."