资料来源 : pyDict
古代斯巴达奴隶,奴隶,农奴
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Those unfortunates, the Helots of mankind, more or less
numerous in every community. --I. Taylor.
资料来源 : WordNet®
helot
n : (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by
the feudal lord [syn: {serf}, {villein}]