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Helot 音标拼音: [h'ɛlət] n. 古代斯巴达奴隶,奴隶,农奴 古代斯巴达奴隶,奴隶,农奴 helot n 1: ( Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord [ synonym: { serf}, { helot}, { villein}] Helot \ He" lot\ (?; 277), n. [ L. Helotes, Hilotae, pl., fr. Gr. E' e` lws and E' elw` ths a bondman or serf of the Spartans; so named from ' Elos, a town of Laconia, whose inhabitants were enslaved; or perh. akin to e` lei^ n to take, conquer, used as 2d aor. of ?.] A slave in ancient Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave or serf. [ 1913 Webster] Those unfortunates, the Helots of mankind, more or less numerous in every community. -- I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] 66 Moby Thesaurus words for " helot": apple- polisher, ass- licker, backscratcher, backslapper, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, bootlick, bootlicker, brown- nose, brownie, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl, clawback, concubine, courtier, creature, cringer, debt slave, dupe, fawner, flatterer, flunky, footlicker, galley slave, groveler, handshaker, homager, instrument, jackal, kowtower, lackey, led captain, lickspit, lickspittle, liege, liege man, liege subject, mealymouth, minion, odalisque, peon, puppet, serf, servant, slave, spaniel, stooge, subject, suck, sycophant, theow, thrall, timeserver, toad, toady, tool, truckler, tufthunter, vassal, villein, yes- man
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