■ noun (in the feudal system) an agricultural labourer who was tied to working on his lord's estate.
Derivatives
~age noun
~dom noun
Origin
C15 (in the sense 'slave'): from OFr., from L. servus 'slave'.
■ noun (in the feudal system) an agricultural labourer who was tied to working on his lord's estate.
Derivatives
~age noun
~dom noun
Origin
C15 (in the sense 'slave'): from OFr., from L. servus 'slave'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004