Servant and Serf

Servant

Servant noun - A person hired to perform household or personal services.

Serf is a synonym for servant in vassal topic. In some cases you can use "Serf" instead a noun "Servant", when it comes to topics like seneschal, person who waits on another. archaic substitute

Nearby Words: serving, servitude, servitor

Serf

Serf noun - (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.
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Synonyms for Serf

Servant is a synonym for serf in vassal topic. You can use "Servant" instead a noun "Serf", if it concerns topics such as slave, bondsman.

Nearby Words: serfdom, serfhood

How words are described

old old servant old serf
dead dead servant dead serf
menial menial servant menial serf
lazy lazy servant lazy serf
Other adjectives: obedient, former, indentured.
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