serfage

  • 21serf — noun (in the feudal system) an agricultural labourer who was tied to working on his lord s estate. Derivatives serfage noun serfdom noun Origin C15 (in the sense slave ): from OFr., from L. servus slave …

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  • 22serfdom — n. Enslavement, slavery, servitude, bondage, thraldom, enthralment, subjection, serfage …

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  • 23bondage — [n] slavery chains, enslavement, helotry, peonage, serfage, serfdom, servility, servitude, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, villenage, yoke; concepts 136,652 Ant. freedom, independence …

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  • 24serf — n. 1 hist. a labourer not allowed to leave the land on which he worked, a villein. 2 an oppressed person, a drudge. Derivatives: serfage n. serfdom n. serfhood n. Etymology: OF f. L servus slave …

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