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- 1. an agricultural labourer bound by the feudal system who was tied to working on their lord's estate. historical
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: a member of a servile feudal class bound to the land and subject to the will of its owner. serfage. ˈsər-fij. noun. Word History. Etymology. borrowed from French, going back to Old French, "servant, serf," going back to Late Latin servus (in the phrase servus Deī "servant of God"), going back to Latin, "slave" — more at serve entry 1.
SERF definition: 1. a member of a low social class in medieval times who worked on the land and had to obey the…. Learn more.
A serf is a person who is forced to work on a plot of land, especially during the medieval period when Europe practiced feudalism, when a few lords owned all the land and everyone else had to toil on it.
SERF meaning: 1. a member of a low social class in medieval times who worked on the land and had to obey the…. Learn more.
a person in a condition of feudal servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another. Synonyms: peasant, villein, vassal. a worker who is underpaid, overworked, or otherwise exploited:
noun. 1. Obsolete. a slave. 2. a person in feudal servitude, bound to his or her master's land and transferred with it to a new owner. 3. any person who is oppressed or without freedom. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
1. a person in a condition of feudal servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another. 2. a slave. [1475–85; < Middle French < Latin servus slave] serf′dom, serf′hood, serf′age, n.
Serf definition: A member of the lowest feudal class, legally bound to a landed estate and required to perform labor for the lord of that estate in exchange for a personal allotment of land.
Definition of serf noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
serf meaning, definition, what is serf: someone in the past who lived and worked...: Learn more.
