"serf" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɜːf/ [UK], /sɝf/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-serf.wav Forms: serfs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)f Etymology: From Middle English serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus (“slave, serf, servant”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ser- (guard)}}, {{inh|en|enm|serf}} Middle English serf, {{der|en|fro|serf}} Old French serf, {{der|en|la|servus|t=slave, serf, servant}} Latin servus (“slave, serf, servant”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} serf (plural serfs)
  1. A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights. Categories (topical): Feudalism
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  2. A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
    Sense id: en-serf-en-noun-s~10hDBx Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 36 52 12
  3. (strategy games) A worker unit. Categories (topical): People, Slaves Synonyms: peasant, peon, villager Translations (semifree peasant): shërbëtor (Albanian), rëmër (Albanian), θής (thḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), θῆσσα (thêssa) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), قِنّ (qinn) [masculine] (Arabic), ճորտ (čort) (Armenian), прыго́нны (pryhónny) [masculine] (Belarusian), прыго́нная (pryhónnaja) [feminine] (Belarusian), кре́постник (krépostnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), кре́постничка (krépostnička) [feminine] (Bulgarian), кре́постен се́лянин (kréposten séljanin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), မြေကျွန် (mre-kywan) (Burmese), serf [masculine] (Catalan), 農奴 (Chinese Mandarin), 农奴 (nóngnú) (Chinese Mandarin), nevolník [masculine] (Czech), livegen [common-gender] (Danish), horige (Dutch), laat (Dutch), lijfeigene (Dutch), serf [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), модаре (modaŕe) [masculine] (Erzya), модарява (modaŕava) [feminine] (Erzya), pärisori (Estonian), maaorja (Finnish), serf [masculine] (French), servo [masculine] (Galician), Leibeigener [masculine] (German), δουλοπάροικος (doulopároikos) [masculine] (Greek), κολλίγας (kollígas) [historical, masculine] (Greek), צמית (tsamit) [masculine] (Hebrew), אריס (aris) [masculine] (Hebrew), jobbágy (Hungarian), krepostnoi (Ingrian), seirfeach [masculine] (Irish), daoirseach [masculine] (Irish), daor [familiar, masculine] (Irish), servo della gleba [masculine] (Italian), 農奴 (nōdo) (alt: のうど) (Japanese), 小作人 (kosakunin) (alt: こさくにん) (Japanese), 농노 (nongno) (alt: 農奴) (Korean), colōnus [Medieval-Latin] (Latin), кмет (kmet) [masculine] (Macedonian), закре́постен се́ланец (zakréposten sélanec) [masculine] (Macedonian), кре́посен се́ланец (kréposen sélanec) [masculine] (Macedonian), rōpā (Maori), poroteke (Maori), servaunt (Middle English), leilending [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), livegen (Norwegian Bokmål), leiglending [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), liveigen (Norwegian Nynorsk), sèrf [masculine] (Occitan), dóer [masculine] (Old Irish), chłop pańszczyźniany [masculine] (Polish), kmieć [masculine] (Polish), servo [masculine] (Portuguese), iobag [masculine] (Romanian), șerb [masculine] (Romanian), крепостно́й (krepostnój) [masculine] (Russian), крепостна́я (krepostnája) [feminine] (Russian), холо́п (xolóp) [also, masculine, pejorative] (Russian), кме̏т [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), кмѐтица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kmȅt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kmètica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nevoľník [masculine] (Slovak), tlačan [masculine] (Slovene), siervo [masculine] (Spanish), livegen (Swedish), кол (qol) (Tatar), ไพร่ (prâi) (Thai), ข้าไพร่ (Thai), མངའ་འབངས (english: mnga' 'bangs) (Tibetan), མངའ་ཞབས (mnga' zhabs) (Tibetan), དུད་ཆང (dud chang) (Tibetan), བྲན (bran) (Tibetan), བྲན་གཡོག (english: bran g.yog) (Tibetan), འབངས་འཁོར (english: 'bangs 'khor) (Tibetan), མི་སེར (mi ser) (Tibetan), кріпосни́й (kriposnýj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), кріпосна́ (kriposná) [feminine] (Ukrainian), кріпа́к (kripák) [masculine] (Ukrainian), nông nô (alt: 農奴) (Vietnamese), taeog (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-serf-en-noun-eqOtYgkf Disambiguation of People: 40 0 60 Disambiguation of Slaves: 29 7 65 Disambiguation of 'semifree peasant': 33 8 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: serfage, serfdom, serfhood, serfish, serfism Related terms: service, servile, servitor, servitude, servo, slave

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "33 8 59",
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        {
          "_dis1": "33 8 59",
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          "_dis1": "33 8 59",
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          "sense": "semifree peasant",
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          "_dis1": "33 8 59",
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          "_dis1": "33 8 59",
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          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "chłop pańszczyźniany"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "33 8 59",
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          "sense": "semifree peasant",
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          "word": "kmieć"
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          "_dis1": "33 8 59",
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          "sense": "semifree peasant",
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          "word": "servo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "33 8 59",
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          "sense": "semifree peasant",
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        {
          "_dis1": "33 8 59",
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          "word": "șerb"
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          "_dis1": "33 8 59",
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          "word": "крепостно́й"
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        },
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          "_dis1": "33 8 59",
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          "_dis1": "33 8 59",
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        {
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          "_dis1": "33 8 59",
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        },
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "33 8 59",
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          "word": "མི་སེར"
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        {
          "_dis1": "33 8 59",
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    },
    {
      "word": "serfism"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ser- (guard)"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "serf"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English serf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "serf"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French serf",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "servus",
        "t": "slave, serf, servant"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin servus (“slave, serf, servant”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "serfs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "serf (plural serfs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "service"
    },
    {
      "word": "servile"
    },
    {
      "word": "servitor"
    },
    {
      "word": "servitude"
    },
    {
      "word": "servo"
    },
    {
      "word": "slave"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "peasant",
          "peasant"
        ],
        [
          "hereditary",
          "hereditary"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ],
        [
          "attached",
          "attached"
        ],
        [
          "slave",
          "slave"
        ],
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "owned",
          "owned"
        ],
        [
          "feudal lord",
          "feudal lord"
        ],
        [
          "required",
          "required"
        ],
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ],
        [
          "labour",
          "labour"
        ],
        [
          "legal",
          "legal"
        ],
        [
          "customary",
          "customary"
        ],
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "agricultural",
          "agricultural"
        ],
        [
          "century",
          "century"
        ],
        [
          "Europe",
          "Europe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A worker unit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "worker",
          "worker"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "strategy games",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(strategy games) A worker unit."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "peasant"
        },
        {
          "word": "peon"
        },
        {
          "word": "villager"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sɜːf/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɝf/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "surf (fern–fir–fur merger)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)f"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "shërbëtor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "rëmër"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qinn",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قِنّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "čort",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "ճորտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pryhónny",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прыго́нны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pryhónnaja",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прыго́нная"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "krépostnik",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кре́постник"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "krépostnička",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кре́постничка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kréposten séljanin",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кре́постен се́лянин"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "mre-kywan",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "မြေကျွန်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "serf"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "農奴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nóngnú",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "农奴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nevolník"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "livegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "horige"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "laat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "lijfeigene"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "serf"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "modaŕe",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "модаре"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "modaŕava",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "модарява"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "pärisori"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "maaorja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "serf"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "servo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Leibeigener"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "doulopároikos",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δουλοπάροικος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kollígas",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κολλίγας"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "thḗs",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "θής"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "thêssa",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "θῆσσα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tsamit",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "צמית"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "aris",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אריס"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "jobbágy"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "krepostnoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seirfeach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "daoirseach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "familiar",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "daor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dóer"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "servo della gleba"
    },
    {
      "alt": "のうど",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nōdo",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "農奴"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こさくにん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kosakunin",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "小作人"
    },
    {
      "alt": "農奴",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nongno",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "농노"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "colōnus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kmet",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кмет"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zakréposten sélanec",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "закре́постен се́ланец"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kréposen sélanec",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кре́посен се́ланец"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "rōpā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "poroteke"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "servaunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leilending"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "livegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leiglending"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "liveigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sèrf"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chłop pańszczyźniany"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kmieć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "servo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iobag"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "șerb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krepostnój",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "крепостно́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krepostnája",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крепостна́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xolóp",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "masculine",
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "холо́п"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кме̏т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кмѐтица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kmȅt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kmètica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nevoľník"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tlačan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "siervo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "livegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "qol",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "кол"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "prâi",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "ไพร่"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "ข้าไพร่"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "english": "mnga' 'bangs",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "མངའ་འབངས"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "mnga' zhabs",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "མངའ་ཞབས"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "dud chang",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "དུད་ཆང"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "bran",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "བྲན"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "english": "bran g.yog",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "བྲན་གཡོག"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "english": "'bangs 'khor",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "འབངས་འཁོར"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "mi ser",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "མི་སེར"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kriposnýj",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кріпосни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kriposná",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кріпосна́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kripák",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кріпа́к"
    },
    {
      "alt": "農奴",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "nông nô"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "semifree peasant",
      "word": "taeog"
    }
  ],
  "word": "serf"
}

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