serf

  • 31SERF — ERVE. adj. (F se prononce.) Dont la personne ou les biens sont assujettis à des droits contraires à la liberté naturelle ou à la propriété. Les hommes serfs. En Russie, les paysans sont pour la plupart de condition serve.   Il s emploie plus… …

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  • 32Serf — Die Leibeigenschaft oder Eigenbehörigkeit bezeichnet eine im späten Mittelalter und der frühen Neuzeit weit verbreitete persönliche Abhängigkeit von Bauern von ihrem Grundherren; die Erbuntertänigkeit stellt eine besondere, regionale Form der… …

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  • 33serf — serfdom, serfhood, serfage, n. /serrf/, n. 1. a person in a condition of 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. a slave. [1475 85; < MF < L&#8230; …

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  • 34serf — noun a) A semifree peasant of a low hereditary class, slavishly attached to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights b) A similar …

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  • 35SERF — Surplus Equipment Recycling Facility (Governmental » US Government) *** Special Education Resource Facility (Community » Educational) ** System Engineering Research Facility (Governmental » Military) * Special Event Reserve Fund (Business »&#8230; …

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  • 36serf — Synonyms and related words: apple polisher, ass licker, backscratcher, backslapper, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, bootlick, bootlicker, brown nose, brownie, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl, clawback, concubine,&#8230; …

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  • 37serf — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bondman, esne, villein, vassal; peasant. See servant, populace, subjection.Ant., lord, master. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. land slave, bondman, thrall, villein; see servant , slave 1 . III (Roget s 3&#8230; …

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  • 38SERF — Systems Engineering Review Forum Contributor: MSFC …

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  • 39serf — surf …

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  • 40serf — [[t]sɜ͟ː(r)f[/t]] serfs N COUNT In former times, serfs were a class of people who had to work on a particular person s land and could not leave without that person s permission …

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