helot

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Noun

helot (plural helots)

1. (historical) A member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs.
2. A serf; a slave.
   • 1911: Ameen Rihani, The Book of Khalid, p.16

     A man who conceives and writes a great book, my friend, has done more work than all the helots that laboured on these pyramidal futilities.

Translations

• French: ilote
• Italian: ilota, servo della gleba
• Spanish: ilota

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