ən, -eɪn, vɪˈleɪn noun
a member of a class of partially free persons under the feudal system, who were serfs with respect to their lord but had the rights and privileges of freemen with respect to others.
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| —n | |
| (in medieval Europe) a peasant personally bound to his lord, to whom he paid dues and services, sometimes commuted to rents, in return for his land | |
| [C14: from Old French vilein serf; see | |
| villain or villain | |
| —n | |
| [C14: from Old French vilein serf; see | |
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villein
early 14c., spelling variant of villain, refering to a feudal class of half-free peasants.
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