Plural of thrall
regular plural
The plural of thrall is thralls.
Forms of thrall
| Singular | thrall /θɹɔːl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | thralls |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Thralls in a sentence
- And there were household slaves in golden collars that burned of a plenty there with her, and nine female thralls, and eight male slaves of the Angles that were of gentle birth and battle-captured.1915, Jack London, The Star Rover
- There were three kinds of Viking: thralls, karls and jarls.2016, Louise Spilsbury, “Powerful Kings and Suffering Slaves”, in The Vikings: Dig Up the Secrets of the Dead (History Hunters), Oxford…. From the entry jarl
- Sooner than look our swords in the face, they will yield us their daughters to be our thralls!1903 April 22, Ottilie A[delina] Liljencrantz, “The Game of Swords”, in The Ward of King Canute: A Romance of the Danish Conquest…. From the entry nithing
- Whether these were the karls or the thralls is the only problem, and I incline to think that there is little room for doubt that these were the karls.a. 1936, Ian B[ernard] Stoughton Holbourn, “Udal Property and the Kings of Foula”, in The Isle of Foula: A Series of Articles on Britain’s…. From the entry karl
Meaning of thrall
- noun Slave; one under the control of another.
- noun The state of being under the control of another person.
- noun A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc.
Questions about the plural of thrall
- What is the plural of thrall?
- The plural of thrall is thralls.
- Is thrall countable?
- Thrall is a countable and uncountable noun.
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