as in slaves
a person in the past who belonged to a low social class and who lived and worked on land owned by another person
Medieval serfs who tended land owned by a lord.
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Recent Examples of serfs
Slaves, serfs, peasants, and wage workers mostly understood that what was being struck was a hammer blow on their behalf.
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Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serfs
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By all means, this committee should aim to commemorate the freeing of slaves, Moore acknowledged, once the nationalists had taken over in earnest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Over those 11 years, the share of congressional Democratic co-sponsors of a bill to study reparations for the descendents of slaves rose from 1% to 57%.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Revenues for the third film managed to improve upon the prior entry in the series about the grand houses and the servants and elite who populate them.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
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The book is a product of an era when attributing credit to servants of any kind would not have been expected, but times have changed.—
Adrian Miller,
Southern Living,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Serfs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serfs. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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