"serf" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɜːf/ [UK], /sɝf/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-serf.wav [Southern-England] 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
    Sense id: en-serf-en-noun-yj4Wz5ba Disambiguation of Feudalism: 68 14 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 31 16
  2. A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
    Sense id: en-serf-en-noun-s~10hDBx
  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), 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), 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), 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: 32 20 48 Disambiguation of Slaves: 23 18 59 Disambiguation of 'semifree peasant': 32 6 62
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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          "word": "maaorja"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
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          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Leibeigener"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "doulopároikos",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "δουλοπάροικος"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kollígas",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
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          "word": "κολλίγας"
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "thḗs",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "thêssa",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "θῆσσα"
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        {
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tsamit",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "צמית"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "aris",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "אריס"
        },
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          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "jobbágy"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "seirfeach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "daoirseach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "daor"
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          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "sga",
          "lang": "Old Irish",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dóer"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "servo della gleba"
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          "alt": "のうど",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nōdo",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "農奴"
        },
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          "alt": "こさくにん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kosakunin",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "小作人"
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          "alt": "農奴",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "nongno",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "농노"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kmet",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "кмет"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zakréposten sélanec",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "закре́постен се́ланец"
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          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kréposen sélanec",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "кре́посен се́ланец"
        },
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "rōpā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "poroteke"
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          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "servaunt"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
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          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "livegen"
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
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          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "liveigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chłop pańszczyźniany"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kmieć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "servo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "iobag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "șerb"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krepostnój",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "крепостно́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krepostnája",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "крепостна́я"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xolóp",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
            "also",
            "masculine",
            "pejorative"
          ],
          "word": "холо́п"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кме̏т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "кмѐтица"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kmȅt"
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        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kmètica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nevoľník"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tlačan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "siervo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "livegen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "qol",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "кол"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "prâi",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "ไพร่"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "ข้าไพร่"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "bo",
          "english": "mnga' 'bangs",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "མངའ་འབངས"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "mnga' zhabs",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "མངའ་ཞབས"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "dud chang",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "དུད་ཆང"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "bran",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "བྲན"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "bo",
          "english": "bran g.yog",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "བྲན་གཡོག"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "bo",
          "english": "'bangs 'khor",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "འབངས་འཁོར"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "mi ser",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "མི་སེར"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kriposnýj",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кріпосни́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kriposná",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кріпосна́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kripák",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кріпа́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "alt": "農奴",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "nông nô"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 6 62",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "semifree peasant",
          "word": "taeog"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/sɜːf/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɝf/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "homophone": "surf (in accents with the fern-fir-fur merger)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)f"
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ser- (guard)",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)f",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)f/1 syllable",
    "en:Feudalism",
    "en:People",
    "en:Slaves"
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      "word": "serfage"
    },
    {
      "word": "serfdom"
    },
    {
      "word": "serfhood"
    },
    {
      "word": "serfish"
    },
    {
      "word": "serfism"
    }
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      "name": "root"
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        "3": "serf"
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      "name": "der"
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      "form": "serfs",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "word": "servile"
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    {
      "word": "servitor"
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    {
      "word": "servitude"
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      "word": "servo"
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    {
      "word": "slave"
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          "peasant"
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          "attached"
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        [
          "land",
          "land"
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        [
          "owned",
          "owned"
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        [
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          "feudal lord"
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        [
          "required",
          "required"
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        [
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          "perform"
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          "labour"
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        [
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          "legal"
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        [
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          "customary"
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          "right"
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      ],
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          "agricultural",
          "agricultural"
        ],
        [
          "century",
          "century"
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        [
          "Europe",
          "Europe"
        ]
      ]
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "worker",
          "worker"
        ]
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      "qualifier": "strategy games",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(strategy games) A worker unit."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "peasant"
        },
        {
          "word": "peon"
        },
        {
          "word": "villager"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/sɜːf/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɝf/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "homophone": "surf (in accents with the fern-fir-fur merger)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)f"
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    {
      "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": "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": "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": "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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