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Years ago, my stomach was a mere serf, bound to a world ruled by the Burger King.
From the timesunion.com
It is the difference between being a sovereign human, and being a rightless serf.
From the economist.com
China did nothing about the serf system for 8 years after the arrival of the PLA.
From the economist.com
St. Petersburg, from humblest serf to Czarevitch, was filled with life and joy.
From the gutenberg.org
Legqog, who has only one name, grew up in a serf family in Tibet, Xinhua said.
From the bloomberg.com
How can you proclaim that China saved Tibet from slavery when you're still a serf?
From the economist.com
There is little trace of serfs in Babylonia, unless the mushkenu is really a serf.
From the en.wikipedia.org
His parents died when he was still a child, so Nikolai was raised by his serf nurse.
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They do not visit him, however, or speak to him, especially if he is a serf.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
- Serfdom is the socio-economic status of unfree peasants under feudalism, and specifically relates to Manorialism. It was a condition of bondage or modified slavery which developed primarily during the High Middle Ages in Europe. ...
- A spin exchange relaxation-free (SERF) magnetometer is a type of magnetometer developed at Princeton University in the early 2000s. SERF magnetometers measure magnetic fields by using lasers to detect the interaction between alkali metal atoms in a vapor and the magnetic field.
- A semifree peasant of a low hereditary class, slavishly attached to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights; A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe; A worker unit
- (serfs) peasants who are tied to the land they live and work on
- (Serfs) A serf was a tenant-farmer not allowed to move away from the authority of his landlord. They were not sold in the same way that slaves were sold and they could hold property. Their background was farming and poverty rather than captives. ...
- (Serfs) Farmers who were tied to the land during European feudalism. They were not slaves because they could not be bought or sold, but they could not readily leave the manor either. Serfs were given land to farm in exchange for service to their lord. ...
- (serfs) Peasant agricultural laborers within the manorial system of the Middle Ages. (p. 376)
- (serfs) farm workers who, almost like
