serf

serf  (sûrf)

n.

1. A member of the lowest feudal class, attached to the land owned by a lord and required to perform labor in return for certain legal or customary rights.

2. An agricultural laborer under various similar systems, especially in 18th- and 19th-century Russia and eastern Europe.

3. A person in bondage or servitude.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin servus, slave.]

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serfdom n.

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serf [sɜːf]

n

(Historical Terms) (esp in medieval Europe) an unfree person, esp one bound to the land. If his lord sold the land, the serf was passed on to the new landlord

[from Old French, from Latin servus a slave; see serve]

serfdom , serfhood n

serflike  adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

serf - (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord helot, villein Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles cottier, cotter - a medieval English villein thrall - someone held in bondage Dark Ages, Middle Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance

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serf

noun vassal, servant, slave, thrall, bondsman, varlet (archaic), helot, villein, liegeman He was the son of an emancipated serf.

Translations

serf [sɜːf] N → siervo/a m/f (de la gleba)

serf [ˈsɜː^rf] n → serf* $(serve)m/f

serf

n → Leibeigene(r) mf

serf [sɜːf] n → servo/a della gleba

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serf [sɜːf] n → servo/a della gleba