serf

  • 11serf — ► NOUN ▪ (in the feudal system) an agricultural labourer who was tied to working on a particular estate. DERIVATIVES serfdom noun. ORIGIN Latin servus slave …

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  • 12serf — [sʉrf] n. [OFr < L servus, slave, prob. of Etr orig.] 1. Obs. a slave 2. a person in feudal servitude, bound to his or her master s land and transferred with it to a new owner 3. any person who is oppressed or without freedom serfdom n.… …

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  • 13Serf — Servage Le servage, du latin servus, « esclave », est l héritier médiéval du lien de clientèle antique. Sommaire 1 Différence avec l esclavage 2 Le servage personnel et le servage réel 3 Servage et exploitation …

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  • 14SERF — A spin exchange relaxation free (SERF) magnetometer achieves very high magnetic field sensitivity by monitoring a high density vapor of alkali metal atoms precessing in a near zero magnetic field.cite journal author=Allred, J. C., Lyman, R. N.,… …

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  • 15serf — en·serf; serf; serf·age; serf·dom; serf·hood; serf·ish; serf·ism; serf·ship; en·serf·ment; serf·ish·ness; …

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  • 16serf — Un Serf, Seruus. Un serf né en nostre maison de nostre serve et esclave, Verna vernae. Serf fugitif, Fugitiuus seruus. Le lieu où on enserroit et enchainoit on anciennement les serfs et les y faisoit on besongner, Ergastulum. Le mot signifie… …

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  • 17serf — [[t]sɜrf[/t]] n. 1) why a person in a condition of feudal servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord s land and transferred with it from one owner to another 2) why a slave • Etymology: 1475–85; < MF < L …

    From formal English to slang

  • 18Serf — A labourer only slightly above a slave; one bound to work his lord s land, from whom he had land to feed himself and family; unlike a sokeman he could not leave without permission. When the land s lord changed, the serf, and his family, was… …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 19serf — UK [sɜː(r)f] / US [sɜrf] noun [countable] Word forms serf : singular serf plural serfs in the past, someone who lived and worked on land belonging to another person and who could not leave without that person s permission …

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  • 20serf — is., Fr. serf Derebeylik toplum düzeninde toprakla birlikte alınıp satılan köle …

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