† thrallessn.
/ˈθrɔːlləs/, U.S. /ˈθrɔ(l)ləs/, /ˈθrɑ(l)ləs/ Obsolete. rare.
A female thrall; a bondwoman.
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society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] > slave > female
theowa900
ambohtc1175
thrallessa1382
bondwoman1387
serve1480
bondmaid1526
naif1531
maid slave1585
slave-girl1607
slave woman1607
woman bond1675
house girl1791
thrall-woman1886
bondswoman-
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xiv. 2 And shal welden hem the hous of Irael..in to thralles and thrallesses [a1425 in to seruauntis and hand maidis].
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xxviii. 68 There thow shalt be sold to thin enemyes, into thrallis and thrallessis.
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thrallessadj.
/ˈθrɔːlləs/, U.S. /ˈθrɔ(l)ləs/, /ˈθrɑ(l)ləs/ Having no thrall; without bondmen.
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society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [adjective] > without slaves
thralless1847
1847 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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