serf
nounUK /sɜːf/ · US /sɝf/
Etymology From Middle English serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus (“slave, serf, servant”).
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.
- See how the serfs work the ground / And they give it all they’ve got2012, ミラクルミュージカル, “The Mind Electric”, in Hawaii: Part II:
2
A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
3
A worker unit.