serf /sɜːf $ sɜːrf/
noun [countable][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: French;
Origin: Latin servus; ⇒ serve1]
someone in the past who lived and worked on land that they did not own and who had to obey the owner of the land ⇒
peasant ⇒
slave1(1)
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