Thesaurus: serf
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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Definitions
- 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.
- n. (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
- n:100 n. (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord