serf

• Personne attachée à une terre et soumise à un seigneur féodal, en particulier au Moyen Âge; paysan dépendant, ni totalement libre ni esclave.

A person who was bound to the land and owned by a feudal lord, particularly during the Middle Ages.

1. Feudal laborerB2formal

   In medieval times, a person who was legally bound to work on a lord's estate and could not leave without permission.

   Serf (au sens féodal)

   • The serf worked the land from dawn until dusk.
   • A serf could not marry without the lord's consent.
   • Many serfs lived in poverty and had few rights.

   Synonymespeasantthrallvillein