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Serf

Noun CEFR B1
sɜːf

Definitions

  1. A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.
  2. A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
  3. A worker unit.

Equivalents

Españolsiervo
Françaisserf
DeutschhörigKnechtLeibeigener
33 more languages

Examples

“See⟳ how the serfs work⟳ the ground / And they give⟳ it all they’ve got”

CEFR level

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

serfage Serfdom serfhood serfishness serfism serfitude

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