serf
noun
- agricultural labourer bound by the feudal system who was tied to working on a lord's estate
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /sɜːf/ / /sɝf/ / /sɛɹf/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus (“slave, serf, servant”).
- A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.
“See how the serfs work the ground / And they give it all they’ve got”
- A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
- A worker unit.