vil·lein also vil·lain (v l  n, - n , v-ln)n. One of a class of feudal serfs who held the legal status of freemen in their dealings with all people except their lord. [Middle English vilein; see villain.] |
villein [vill-an]
Noun
(in medieval Europe) a peasant who was directly subject to his lord, to whom he paid dues and services in return for his land [see villain]
villeinage n
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| Noun | 1. |  villein - (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lordEurope - 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 thrall - someone held in bondage Dark Ages, Middle Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance |
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