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serf

Noun B1 – Intermediate

Historically, a laborer in a feudal system who was bound to work on a lord's land and could not leave without permission.

"Under the feudal system, a serf owed labor and a share of crops to the local lord."

Unlike a slave, a serf could not be bought or sold separately from the land, but was still legally bound to it.

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