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kmet

UK/kmɛt/

kmet noun: a serf in Southeastern Europe, especially one holding land under the estate system introduced by the Ottomans and retained in some areas by Austria-Hungary.

Noun

kmet (plural kmets or kmetovi)

  1. (historical) A serf in Southeastern Europe, especially one holding land under the estate system introduced by the Ottomans and retained in some areas by Austria-Hungary.
    • Suffering from this double disability, social and religious, the Christian ‘kmet,’ or tiller of the soil, is worse off than many a serf in our darkest ages, and lies as completely at the mercy of the Mahometan owner of the soil as if he were a slave.1876, Arthur John Evans, Through Bosnia and Herzegovina On Foot
    • The authorities repeatedly emphasized that the kmet was not bound to his master, to counter allegations equating kmet tenure with servile status.1997, Michael Palairet, The Balkan Economies c. 1800-1914, Cambridge, published 2002, page 206

Forms of kmet

pluralkmets
pluralkmetovi

Origin of kmet

From Serbo-Croatian kmȅt. Doublet of count and comes.

Words that rhyme with kmet

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Questions about kmet

What does kmet mean?
Kmet means a serf in Southeastern Europe, especially one holding land under the estate system introduced by the Ottomans and retained in some areas by Austria-Hungary.
What part of speech is kmet?
Kmet is a noun.
How do you pronounce kmet?
Kmet is pronounced /kmɛt/ (UK).
What is the plural of kmet?
The plural of kmet is kmets.

Words near kmet in the dictionary

  1. kmc
  2. kmcs
  3. Kmeph
  4. kmer
  5. kmers
  6. kmet
  7. kmetovi
  8. kmets
  9. Kmetz
  10. Kmetzes
  11. Kmhmu

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