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serf

/sɜːf/US/sɝf/

serf noun: 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.

Noun

serf (plural serfs)

  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.
    • See how the serfs work the ground / And they give it all they’ve got2012, ミラクルミュージカル, “The Mind Electric”, in Hawaii: Part II
    Synonyms:
    helot
  2. A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
  3. (strategy games) A worker unit.
    Synonyms:
    peasant, peon, villager

serf meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

serf in Tamil

நில அடிமை

serf in Bengali

সামন্ততান্ত্রিক দাস, সার্ফ

serf in Malayalam

അടിയാൻ, ചേടൻ, ദാസേയൻ

serf in Kannada

ಜೀತದ ಆಳು, ದಾಸ, ಗುಲಾಮ, ದುಡಿತದ ತೊತ್ತು, ಅಡಿಯ, ತೊತ್ತು
More languagesFewer languages
serf in Arabic
قِنّ qinn
serf in Thai
ไพร่ prâi, ข้าไพร่
serf in Vietnamese
nông nô
serf in Myanmar
မြေကျွန် mre-kywan

Synonyms of serf

Forms of serf

pluralserfs

Origin of serf

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

Words formed from serf

Words that rhyme with serf

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about serf

What does serf mean?
Serf means 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.
What is serf in Tamil?
Serf in Tamil is நில அடிமை. See Serf meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is serf?
Serf is a noun.
How do you pronounce serf?
Serf is pronounced /sɜːf/ (UK).
What is the plural of serf?
The plural of serf is serfs.

Words near serf in the dictionary

  1. serer
  2. Serers
  3. seres
  4. serest
  5. seretonergic
  6. serf
  7. serfage
  8. serfages
  9. serfdom
  10. serfdoms
  11. serfhood

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: serf (page history and authors); serf (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); serf (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); serf (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); serf (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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