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Synonyms for serf

Grammar : Noun
Spell : surf
Phonetic Transcription : sÉœrf

Définition of serf

Origin :
  • late 15c., "servant, serving-man, slave," from Old French serf "vassal, servant, slave" (12c.), from Latin servum (nominative servus) "slave" (see serve). Fallen from use in original sense by 18c. Meaning "lowest class of cultivators of the soil in continental European countries" is from 1610s. Use by modern writers with reference to medieval Europeans first recorded 1761 (contemporary Anglo-Latin records used nativus, villanus, or servus).
  • noun slave
Example sentences :
  • "I give not the pip of an apple for king or for noble," cried the serf passionately.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Yes; but if he had not been discontented, he would have been a serf still!
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Taking the serf's head in his hands, he kissed him on both cheeks.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
  • But I will tell you what: my mother's grandfather was a peasant—a serf.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • The main division, the widest gulf, divided the feudal lord and the serf.
  • Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
  • The serf persecutes the Jew because he is himself persecuted by the nobility.
  • Extract from : « Rabbi and Priest » by Milton Goldsmith
  • The slave became the serf; that is, he could be shut in, but not shut out.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of England » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Similarly, he could tell his slave to run, but he could only tell his serf to stay.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of England » by G. K. Chesterton
  • As to the serf, he did not consider that a boon had been bestowed upon him.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.
  • You saw the reaction of the Duke when he realized that Flor was actually a serf?
  • Extract from : « Millennium » by Everett B. Cole

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