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- 1. an agricultural labourer bound by the feudal system who was tied to working on their lord's estate. historical
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A serf was a low-class farm worker who had to obey the landowner in medieval times. Learn more about the history, synonyms, and usage of the word serf from Cambridge Dictionary.
- English (US)
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- English (US)
A serf is 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. Learn more about the etymology, history, and synonyms of serf from Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
A serf was a person who had to work on a lord's land and could not leave without his permission. Learn more about the history, synonyms, and usage of the word serf from Collins English Dictionary.
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.
A serf is a person who is bound to the land and the lord in feudalism, or a worker who is exploited in the service sector. Learn more about the origin, synonyms, and examples of the word serf from Dictionary.com.
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.
A serf was a person who was forced to live and work on land that belonged to a landowner in the feudal system of medieval Europe. Learn more about the origin, culture and usage of the word serf with Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
