Helot : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Helot	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Helot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
helot n (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord Synonym(s): serf, helot, villein
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helot \He"lot\ (?; 277), n. [L. Helotes, Hilotae, pl., fr. Gr. E'e`lws and E'elw`ths a bondman or serf of the Spartans; so named from 'Elos, a town of Laconia, whose inhabitants were enslaved; or perh. akin to e`lei^n to take, conquer, used as 2d aor. of [?].] A slave in ancient Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave or serf. Those unfortunates, the Helots of mankind, more or less numerous in every community. --I. Taylor.