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Meaning of Serf | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

sɜːf

Definitions

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.
A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
A worker unit.

Equivalents

العربية العبد قن وصيف

བོད་སྐད དུད་ཆང བྲན བྲན་གཡོག མངའ་ཞབས མངའ་འབངས མི་སེར འབངས་འཁོར

Bosanski kmet rob кмет

Català serf

Čeština nevolník rab rob

Cymraeg taeog

Dansk livegen

Deutsch hörig Knecht Leibeigener

Ελληνικά δουλοπάροικος Κολλίγας

Español siervo

Suomi maaorja

Français serf serf

Gaeilge daoirseach daor seirfeach

Galego servo

עברית אריס

Hrvatski kmet rob кмет

Magyar jobbágy

Հայերեն ճորտ

Bahasa Indonesia benduan ulur

Italiano servo della gleba

日本語小作人農奴

한국어 농노

Kurdî rab şerb serf

Latina camarlingus camerlingus colonus iobagio vassallus

Македонски кмет

Nederlands horige laat lijfeigene serf

Polski chłop pańszczyźniany hołdownik Kmieć poddany zaciężny

Português servo

Română iobag șerb

Русский крепостна́я крепостно́й холоп

Shqip rëmër shërbëtor

Српски kmet rob кмет

Svenska livegen

ไทย ไพร่

Українська кріпосний раб

Tiếng Việt nông nô

Examples

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

CEFR level

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

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