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What is "serf" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does serf mean in English? Meaning of serf definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "serf" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "serf": (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

Noun

  • Meaning: (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
  • Synonyms: helot serf villein
  • Hyponyms: cotter cottier
  • Hypernyms: thrall

    • Pronunciation in US: /sɝf/

    Pronunciation in UK: /sɜːf/

  • Adjective: A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, slavishly attached to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.(strategy games) A worker unit.

    • Synonyms:

    chattel, laborer, servant, vassal, villain, peon, villein, bondservant, bondsman/woman,

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