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| Hel·ot [ héllət ] (plural Hel·ots) |
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ancient Greek serf: in ancient Sparta, a member of a class of serfs claimed as property by the state but assigned to individual Spartans to work on their land
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| [Late 16th century. Via Latin Helotes< Greek Heilotēs, probably after Helos, town in Laconia whose inhabitants were enslaved] |
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