Meaning helot
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helot1570s (with a capital H-) "Spartan serf," from Greek Heilotes, plural of Heilos, popularly associated with Helos, Laconian town reduced to serfdom by Sparta, but perhaps related to Greek hal [..]
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helotslave, has no rights
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helot In ancient Sparta, serfs who were forced to perform agricultural labor; originally, the Messenians, a group conquered by the Spartans and reduced to near slave status.
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helot(n) (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
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helotA slave in ancient Sparta. Hence, a slave or serf.
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