Meaning Of The Word Serf

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serf
countable noun: In former times, serfs were a class of people who had to work on a particular person's land and could not leave without that person's permission.

serf in American English
a slave
noun: a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another

serf in British English
noun: (esp in medieval Europe) an unfree person, esp one bound to the land. If his lord sold the land, the serf was passed on to the new landlord

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