noun Download 🔗Share 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 Examples : "Because he was a serf, Dimitri was required to work the lord's fields, and he could not leave the land without permission. " history society government agriculture person economy work law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe Examples : "In 19th-century Russia, a serf was bound to the land and worked for a wealthy landowner, receiving only a small portion of the harvest in return. " history society agriculture person work economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (strategy games) a worker unit Examples : "In the strategy game, I used my serf to gather wood so I could build more houses. " game job computing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
