serf

Significat (Anglès)

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.
2. A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
3. A worker unit.

Conceptes

serf

Sinònims

slave

villein

bondman

helot

bondsman

vassal

thrall

servant

servile

lackey

subject

farmer

🧑‍🌾

dependent

commoner

bondservant

bond servant

bond-servant

bondslave

poor person

land-slave

bond slave

indentured servant

Traduccions

horige

serf

lijfeigene

δουλοπάροικος

siervo

Leibeigener

servo

Leibeigene

servo della gleba

servo

serve

cliens

ambactus

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/sɜːf/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: serf

In summary

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