SERF


Meaning of SERF in English

/ sɜːf; NAmE sɜːrf/ noun

(in the past) a person who was forced to live and work on land that belonged to a landowner whom they had to obey

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WORD ORIGIN

late 15th cent. (in the sense slave ): from Old French , from Latin servus slave.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.