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noun
1.
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
2.
a slave.
Origin:
1475–85; < Middle French < Latin servus slave
1475–85; < Middle French < Latin servus slave
Related forms
serf·dom, serf·hood, serf·age, noun
Synonyms
1. vassal, villein, peasant.
1. vassal, villein, peasant.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
serf
late 15c., "slave," from M.Fr. serf, from L. servum (nom. servus) "slave" (see serve). Fallen from use in original sense by 18c. Meaning "lowest class of cultivators of the soil in continental European countries" is from 1610s. Use by modern writers with reference to medieval
EXPANDEuropeans first recorded 1761 (contemporary Anglo-L. records used nativus, villanus or servus). Serfdom first attested 1850.
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