thrall

 
Pronunciation: /θrɔːl/

noun

  • 1 [mass noun] literary the state of being in someone’s power, or of having great power over someone: she was in thrall to her abusive husband
  • 2 archaic a slave, servant, or captive.

Derivatives

thraldom

(also thralldom) noun

Origin:

Old English thrǣl 'slave', from Old Norse thræll