serf

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /sɜːf/
• (America) IPA: /sɝf/

Noun

serf (plural serfs)

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

   Synonyms: peasant, peon, villager

Translations

• French: serf
• German: Leibeigener
• Italian: servo
• Portuguese: servo
• Russian: крепостно́й
• Spanish: siervo

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