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Definition of: helot
(hel′ət, hē′lət) noun
1. One of a class of serfs of ancient Sparta, bound to the soil, and in most cases descended from prisoners of war.
2. Any slave. [<L helotes <Gk. heilōs, heilōtos; appar. from Helos, a Laconian town enslaved by Sparta]
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