🔄 Synonyms of "Serf"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| villeinnoun | (historical) A feudal tenant, a serf. |
| helotnoun | (historical, Ancient Greece) A member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs. |
| slavenoun | A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control. |
| esnenoun | (Anglo-Saxon, historical) A hireling of servile status; slave. |
| bondsmannoun | Someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations. |
| vassalnoun | (historical, law) The grantee of a fief, a subordinate granted use of a superior's land and its income in exchange for vows of fidelity and homage and (typically) military service. |
| laborernoun | One who uses bodily strength rather than intellect to earn a wage, usually hourly. |
| owningnoun | (Internet slang) A crushing insult. |
| serfismnoun | The system of serfs as workers attached to land. |
| adscriptnoun | A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it. |
| serjeantynoun | (law, historical) A land tenure in which a tenant provided his liege with some kind of personal service, as opposed to nonpersonal service, such as paying tax (socage) |
| praedial | Of or pertaining to land or its products. |
| servitudenoun | The state of being a slave; slavery; being forced to work for others or do their bidding without one's consent or against one's will, either in perpetuity or for a period of time over which one has little or no control. |
| villeinagenoun | A feudal system involving villeins; serfdom. |
| indentured servantnoun | (chiefly historical) A debt bondage worker who is under contract of an employer for a specified period of time, in exchange for transportation, food, drink, clothing, lodging, and other necessities. |
| corveenoun | Labor, especially for roads or dams, in lieu of taxes. |
| feudalismnoun | A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion. |
| rerefiefnoun | (Scots law, historical) A fief held by an intermediary or subtenant |
| mesne lordnoun | (law, historical) A lord entitled to rent or feudal obligations from tenants but who himself owes rent or feudal obligations to another. |
| seignorynoun | Alternative form of seigniory. [The estate of a feudal lord.] |
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