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Meanings of serfs in английском
русский
крепостной Agricultural labourer bound by the feudal system who was tied to working on a lord's estate.
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Usage of serfs in английском
1
In the old days of the serfs, it was all very well.
2
The vanguard was overthrown; its men made serfs and its women mothers.
3
The mass of the non-freemen were regarded as serfs of the king.
4
No, the serfs of the Middle Ages were in no sense happy.
5
Extend the vote to the serfs and slaves and abolish the robber-barons?
6
His own most famous action was the liberation of the Russian serfs.
7
He would have had title and lands, and serfs working his fields.
8
The serfs were judged by the noble upon whose land they were.
9
On other estates the serfs' compulsory labor was commuted for a quitrent.
10
France waited for the terrible Revolution of 1789 to free her serfs.
11
That could not be done in a nation consisting mainly of serfs.
12
The serfs, when standing for great ideas, would die rather than yield.
13
The serfs, when standing for great ideas, will die rather than yield.
14
Russian serfs record their despotism, cowering at the memory of the knout.
15
The sound brought Proctors and serfs alike boiling out of the buildings.
16
You have serfs working for you, and you are paying them wages.
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Serfs across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
Less common