Serf - English meaning

noun

A person who stands surety for a bond.

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Due diligence on the part of the bondsman is required.

noun

(in anglo-saxon england) a freeman of the lowest class, ranking directly below a thane.

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The fully armed late saxon warrior was something more than a ceorl turned soldier.

noun

A member of a class of serfs in ancient sparta, intermediate in status between slaves and citizens.

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Boeotia was agriculturally rich but had neither athens' silver nor sparta's helots.

noun

A vassal who owed feudal service or allegiance to a nobleman.

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The occasional frightened servant scurried past every so often but the liegeman said nothing as the…

adjective

(of work) not requiring much skill and lacking prestige.

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Menial factory jobs

noun

A person with a menial job.

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Despite tall claims that a determined attempt to eradicate child labour has been initiated, hundred…

noun

A person who performs duties for others, especially a person employed in a house on domestic duties or as a personal attendant.

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Financially they were well enough established to be able to employ a domestic servant.

noun

A person who is employed to do work for another person, esp. to work in another person’s home doing jobs such as cooking and cleaning

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A civil/public servant

noun

A person who is forced to work for and obey another and is considered to be their property; an enslaved person.

Usage examples:

They kidnapped entire towns and turned the inhabitants into slaves

verb

(especially in the past) a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.

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They kidnapped entire towns and turned them into slaves

noun

The state of being in someone's power, or of having great power over someone.

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The town in thrall to a villain

noun

If you are in thrall to someone or something, or in the thrall of someone or something, he, she, or it has a lot of power to control you

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Her love for him was like a madness, and she was completely in its thrall.

noun

A holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance.

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Liege homage involved the vassal admitting his obligation to pay all services, including the provis…

noun

A person in the middle ages who promises to be loyal to a lord (= a man of high social rank) who will protect him or her

noun

(in medieval england) a feudal tenant entirely subject to a lord or manor to whom he paid dues and services in return for land.

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The court customary was the court for unfree tenants or villeins and was presided over by the lord'…