Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hel-uh-tree, hee-luh-]
- /ˈhɛl ə tri, ˈhi lə-/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [hel-uh-tree, hee-luh-]
- /ˈhɛl ə tri, ˈhi lə-/
Definitions of helotry word
- noun helotry serfdom; slavery. 1
- noun helotry helots collectively. 1
- noun helotry The helots collectively; slaves; bondsmen. 1
- noun helotry serfdom or slavery 0
- noun helotry serfs or slaves as a class 0
- noun helotry helots as a class; serfs or slaves 0
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Origin of helotry
First appearance:
before 1820 One of the 38% newest English words
First recorded in 1820-30; Helot + -ry
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Parts of speech for Helotry
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
helotry popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
helotry usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for helotry
noun helotry
- yoke — a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal. Compare harness (def 1).
- servitude — slavery or bondage of any kind: political or intellectual servitude.
- serfdom — a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- thralldom — the state of being a thrall; bondage; slavery; servitude.
- servility — slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers.
Antonyms for helotry
noun helotry
- independence — a city in W Missouri: starting point of the Santa Fe and Oregon trails.
- freedom — the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
- fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- pastime — something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport: to play cards as a pastime.
- mastery — command or grasp, as of a subject: a mastery of Italian.
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