Pronunciation: k ə - ' l ō -n ə s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ni \ - ˌ n ī , -( ˌ )n ē \
Etymology: L, literally, farmer
Date: 1857
: a free-born serf in the later Roman Empire who could sometimes own property but who was bound to the land and obliged to pay a rent usually in produce