Master
Master noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.
Serf
Serf noun - (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.
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- However, her red side manifests as compassion and fierce individualism, born of her childhood life as a serf under the heel of a cruel master.
Source: Analysis / Magic: The Gathering - He is a Altan, and a serf: someone lower than a slave who is tied to the land they work on under their master.
Source: Literature / Dragon Jousters - If certain classes of serf ran away from their master and stayed uncaught for a year and a day, they became free men.
Source: A Year and a Day
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