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helotage

helotage noun: the condition of a helot.

Noun

helotage (uncountable)

  1. The condition of a helot.
    • Spartan helotage represents perhaps the most peculiar slave system studied in this book.2018, David M. Lewis, Greek Slave Systems in their Eastern Mediterranean Context, c.800–146 BC, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Origin of helotage

From helot + -age.

Questions about helotage

What does helotage mean?
Helotage means the condition of a helot.
What part of speech is helotage?
Helotage is a noun.

Words near helotage in the dictionary

  1. helophytes
  2. helophytic
  3. helos
  4. helospectin
  5. helot
  6. helotage
  7. helotiaceous
  8. helotialean
  9. helotid
  10. helotids
  11. helotism

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