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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
serf /sɜrf/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. World Historyone who is required to provide services to a lord, usually attached to the land and transferred from one owner to another.
serf•dom /ˈsɜrfdəm/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]See -serv1-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
serf  (sûrf ),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. World Historya person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
  2. World Historya slave.
  • Latin servus slave
  • Middle French
  • 1475–85
serf′dom, serf′hood, serf′age, n. 
    1. vassal, villein, peasant.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
serf /sɜːf/ n
  1. (esp in medieval Europe) an unfree person, esp one bound to the land. If his lord sold the land, the serf was passed on to the new landlord
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French, from Latin servus a slave; see serveˈserfdom, ˈserfhood n
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