serf
Meaning
- 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.
- A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
- A worker unit.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/sɜːf/
Etymology
From Middle English serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus (“slave, serf, servant”).
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