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Definition of thrall noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

thrall

noun

/θrɔːl/

/θrɔːl/

Word OriginOld English thrǣl ‘slave’, from Old Norse thræll.

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in (somebody’s/something’s) thrall | in thrall to somebody/something

(literary) controlled or strongly influenced by somebody/something
- His gaze held her in thrall.
- She was in thrall to her emotions.
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