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Serf

//sɝf// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.

    "See how the serfs work the ground / And they give it all they’ve got"

  2. 2
    (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord wordnet
  3. 3
    A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
  4. 4
    A worker unit.

Etymology

From Middle English serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus (“slave, serf, servant”).

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