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noun
- 1. an agricultural labourer bound by the feudal system who was tied to working on their lord's estate. historical
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noun. ˈsərf. : a servant or laborer of olden times who was treated as part of the land worked on and went along with the land if it was sold.
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:
Dec 4, 2018 · Medieval Serfs (aka villeins) were unfree labourers who worked the land of a landowner (or tenant) in return for physical and legal protection and the right to work a separate piece of land for their own basic needs. Serfs made up 75% of the medieval population but were not slaves as only their labour could be bought, not their person.
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.
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.
