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 Definitions of serf  [ɜrf]  

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Definition of 'serf' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) serf
a person in a condition of feudal servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.

2.  serf
a slave.

Etymology:  (1475–85; < MF < L servus slave)

Definition of 'serf' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) serf, helot, villein
(Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord


Definition of 'serf' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) serf
a servant or slave employed in husbandry, and in some countries attached to the soil and transferred with it, as formerly in Russia



'serf' - Nearby Entries  

serer  serf  serfdom  serfhood  serflike  sergeant at arms  sergeant-at-law  



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