"helotry" meaning in English

See helotry in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: helotries [plural]
Etymology: helot + -ry Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|helot|ry}} helot + -ry Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} helotry (countable and uncountable, plural helotries)
  1. (Ancient Greece) Collectively, the helots (slaves or bondsmen). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ancient Greece
    Sense id: en-helotry-en-noun-Fvb6tL5V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ry

Inflected forms

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