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Helot  n.  A slave in ancient Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave or serf. "Those unfortunates, the Helots of mankind, more or less numerous in every community."





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"Helot" Quotes from Famous Books



... terms applied to the laborer, from pariah, helot, servus, serf, knecht, thrall, slave, villain, peasant, and laborer, to artisan and working-man—there is a vision of progress as bright as the light which fell upon Saul of Tarsus ...
— The Golden Censer - The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future • John McGovern


Words linked to "Helot" :   Europe, Dark Ages, cotter, villein, serf, cottier, thrall, Middle Ages


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