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Meaning of esne | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A hireling of servile status; slave.

historical

Examples

“To an esne, therefore, I refer the entry in Doomsday-book, that at Chester, if a male or female slave shall do any […]”
“[…] of British extraction captured or purchased, — or of the common German stock descended from the slaves of the first colonists: the esne or slave who works for hire; […]”
“[…] insist that in the event of the death of an esne his full value had to be paid.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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