helot

Questions about helot

What does helot mean?

helot means "(Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord".

How many syllables are in helot?

helot has 2 syllables: hel-ot. The stress falls on "hel". In IPA it is /ˈhɛlət/.

What is another word for helot?

Close synonyms include serf, villein. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is helot a common word?

helot is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.