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serfs

serfs is the plural of serf.

Meaning of serf

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

Questions about serfs

What is serfs the plural of?
Serfs is the plural of serf.

Words near serfs in the dictionary

  1. serfishness
  2. serfism
  3. serfitude
  4. serfless
  5. serflike
  6. serfs
  7. serfship
  8. serg
  9. sergal
  10. sergals
  11. serge

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