serf in English

noun
1
an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate.
Here in the Thirty Years War, the seigneurial system collapsed and serfs refused to perform labour services.

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1. Bondman definition is - slave, serf

2. The serf was trod to death.

3. The serf pant along behind his master's horse.

4. Till cock - crow he must again be a serf.

5. The cruel serf - owner put out the serf's eyes.

6. The serf an assured existence, the proletarian has not.

7. They laid the blame on the serf and beat him brutally.

8. Serf owners regarded their serfs as animals that could talk.

9. The serf owners safeguarded the feudal serfdom with savage punishments.

10. Synonyms for Bondswoman include bondsman, bail bondsman, bailsman, slave, serf, vassal, bondservant, thrall, slavey and bondman

11. Bondmaid definition: an unmarried female serf or slave Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

12. This decentralized economic system relied on the legal immobility of the serf.

13. Through it all , an unwieldy caste system governed lord and serf alike.

14. 10 This decentralized economic system relied on the legal immobility of the serf.

15. He was, as golf professionals had been for a hundred years, a serf.

16. However, most people use the word Chattel to mean slave or serf

17. Bondswoman definition: a female serf or slave Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

18. The state of one who is bound as a slave or serf.

19. They boldly stood up and charged the serf - owner with his crimes.

20. How do you perceive the serf system in Tibet under your rule?

21. 22 Through it all , an unwieldy caste system governed lord and serf alike.

22. Bondman (plural bondmen) A man who is bound in servitude; a slave or serf.

23. Churlish (comparative more Churlish, superlative most Churlish) Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic

24. Serf - owners had a firm grip on the birth, death and marriage of serfs.

25. The serf was beaten up by her owner and passed out for two hours.

26. Slave, serf, bondsman The peasant farmers were the thralls of the lord of the castle.

27. The serf - owners had the right to beat , abuse or even kill the serfs at will.

28. 22 The serf - owners had the right to beat , abuse or even kill the serfs at will.

29. Synonyms for Bondman include slave, thrall, chattel, bondsman, serf, bondservant, vassal, varlet, subject and helot

30. And how dared he leave her standing out here in the bailey like a ... like a serf?

31. 'sheath thy sword, " the surly sheriff said, " or surely shall a churlish serf soon shatter thee. "

32. In a society based on serfdom, order depended upon upholding the authority of the serf-owners.

33. The Tsar's support for emancipation must be understood within the broader context of the State's role in a serf-based society.

34. But in the new electronic workplace, the corporate serf cannot see his master, because his corporate master is a fiction.

35. However, with its establishment by the end of the 16th century, the primitive communes had been changed by the feudalism and became powerful tools in defensing and enforcing the serf system in Russia.