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Meaning of serf

Wordnet

serf (n)

(Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

Webster

serf (v. t.)

A servant or slave employed in husbandry, and in some countries attached to the soil and transferred with it, as formerly in Russia.

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(Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lordA servant or slave employed in husbandry, and in some countries attached to the soil

servant,slave, chattel, bondman, helot,bondsman, handmaiden,handmaid, bondswoman, lackey

freedman, freeman, freedman, freeman,freedwoman, freedwoman,

In medieval Europe, serfs were bound to the land and could not leave their lord's estate.

Serfs were forced to work on their lord's land and perform other duties.

Serfs had no legal rights and were subject to the whims of their lord.

The institution of serfdom persisted in some parts of Europe until the 19th century.