serf

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
7
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/sɜːf/
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/sɜːf/ · /sɝf/ (US) · /sɛɹf/ · /søːf/ · /seːf/ · /sɛːf/

Definition of serf

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.
    “See how the serfs work the ground / And they give it all they’ve got”
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noun

  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.
    “See how the serfs work the ground / And they give it all they’ve got”
  2. A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
  3. A worker unit.

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Etymology

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

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