thrall

🇺🇸 /θrɔːl/ 🇬🇧 /θrɔːl/
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noun
R

Being controlled by something, like a powerful feeling or habit.

The gambler was in thrall to his need to play, even when he knew he couldn't afford it.

R

A person who is a slave, having to obey someone else completely.

The thrall worked from dawn to dusk, with no freedom of their own.

translation

n. Being controlled by something, like a powerful feeling or habit.; A person who is a slave, having to obey someone else completely.

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Plural thralls