as in slave
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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Noun
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Officials believe this may be the only former slave auction site still in existence in South Carolina.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
21 Apr. 2026 -
But fear of a robot rebellion, like the fear of slave rebellion before the Civil War, remained.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Apr. 2026
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Hyungjin Son and Vinicius Costa filled out the cast as Falstaff’s bumpkinly servants.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Frances is at home, self-medicating and snapping at the servants.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Serf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serf. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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