serf

Etymology

From Middle English serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus (“slave, serf, servant”).

noun

  1. 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.
  2. A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
  3. (strategy games) A worker unit.

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