serfs

Turkish - English

Definition of serfs in Turkish English dictionary
serf: serf

English - English

Definition of serfs in English English dictionary: plural of serf
serf: A semifree 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
serf: A worker unit
serf: (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
serf: {n} a servant or stave employed in husbandry
serf: in the feudal system, a person who was bound to the land of his lord and who was transferred with the land when ownership changed
serf: A peasant attached to the land owned by a lord and required to perform labour in return for certain legal or customary rights
serf: Someone who is affiliated with, but not a member of, any House
serf: {i} indentured servant, vassal, servant who is bound to a feudal lord and can be transferred with the estate; slave, person held in bondage
serf: In former times, serfs were a class of people who had to work on a particular person's land and could not leave without that person's permission. someone in the past who lived and worked on land that they did not own and who had to obey the owner of the land slave (1) peasant (servus; SERVE)
serf: a worker unit (Synonyms: peasant, peon, villager)
serf: Serf Semi-free peasant who worked his lord's demesne and paid him certain dues in return for the use of land, the possession (not ownership) of which was heritable These dues, usually called corvee, were usually in the form of labour on the lord's land Generally this averaged three days a week Serfs were generally classified as: 'Cottagers', 'small-holders', or 'villeins' although the later originally meant free peasants who were burdened with additional rents and services
serf: A servant or slave employed in husbandry, and in some countries attached to the soil and transferred with it, as formerly in Russia
serf: a similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe
serf: (N) -a slave
serf: A peasant Essentially a slave in medieval times