serfdom
1serfdom — (n.) 1850, from SERF (Cf. serf) + DOM (Cf. dom) …
2Serfdom — Serf redirects here. For the Saint, see Saint Serf. For SERF magnetometer, see SERF. Part o …
3serfdom — See serf. * * * In medieval Europe, condition of a tenant farmer who was bound to a hereditary plot of land and to the will of his landlord. Serfs differed from slaves in that slaves could be bought and sold without reference to land, whereas… …
4serfdom — [[t]sɜ͟ː(r)fdəm[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT The system of serfdom was the social and economic system by which the owners of land had serfs. 2) N UNCOUNT If someone was in a state of serfdom, they were a serf …
5Serfdom — Serfage Serf age, Serfdom Serf dom, n. The state or condition of a serf. [1913 Webster] …
6serfdom — serf ► NOUN ▪ (in the feudal system) an agricultural labourer who was tied to working on a particular estate. DERIVATIVES serfdom noun. ORIGIN Latin servus slave …
7serfdom — noun see serf …
8serfdom — noun a) The state of being a serf. b) The feudal system that includes serfs. Syn: serfage, serfhood …
9serfdom — Synonyms and related words: abjectness, absolutism, attendance, baseness, bond service, bondage, captivity, control, debt slavery, deprivation of freedom, disenfranchisement, disfranchisement, domination, employ, employment, enslavement,… …
10serfdom — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A state of subjugation to an owner or master: bondage, enslavement, helotry, servileness, servility, servitude, slavery, thrall, thralldom, villeinage, yoke. See OVER …
11serfdom — serf|dom [ˈsə:fdəm US ˈsə:rf ] n [U] the system of using serfs, or the state of being a serf …
12serfdom — serf|dom [ sɜrfdəm ] noun uncount the condition of being a serf …
13serfdom — This is a form of unfreedom, akin to slavery but associated with feudalism , principally in medieval Europe. This system of servitude, which tied particular tenants and their heirs, for life, to landlord masters through ties of fealty, was… …
14Serfdom — See Colonus …
15serfdom — n. slavery, indenture, bondage; status of serfs, standing of servants …
16serfdom — deforms …
17serfdom — n. Enslavement, slavery, servitude, bondage, thraldom, enthralment, subjection, serfage …
18serfdom — noun (U) the state of being a serf …
19serfdom — serf·dom …
20serfdom — UK [ˈsɜː(r)fdəm] / US [ˈsɜrfdəm] noun [uncountable] the condition of being a serf …
