serf
serf Person legally bound to a lord. In Europe, under the feudal system, serfs had to provide labour and other services and were usually bound to the land, holding a portion for their own use. Gone from w Europe by the end of the Middle Ages, serfdom persisted in Russia and parts of e Europe into the mid-19th century.
serf
serf / sərf/ • n. an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate.DERIVATIVES: serf·age / -fij/ n.serf·dom / -dəm/ n.
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