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僕人 — meaning in English

pú rén

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English meaning

  • menial adj Describing unskilled, low-status work, especially the kind of routine tasks a servant would do.
  • serf noun A peasant tied to a piece of land under a feudal lord, obliged to work it but with very limited personal freedoms.

Senses

僕人 is used for these senses in English:

  • menial A servant, especially a domestic servant.
  • serf A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.

menial — full definition

  1. adj Describing unskilled, low-status work, especially the kind of routine tasks a servant would do.
  2. noun A person in a servile, low-ranking role, especially a domestic servant.