n.
Pronunciation: ' thro ̇ l
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English thral, from Old English thræl, from Old Norse thræll
Date: before 12th century
1 a : a servant slave : BONDMAN also : SERF b : a person in moral or mental servitude
2 a : a state of servitude or submission <in thrall to his emotions> b : a state of complete absorption <mountains could hold me in thrall with a subtle attraction of their own ― Elyne Mitchell>
– thrall adjective
– thrall · dom or thral · dom \ ' thro ̇ l-d ə m \ noun