nevolník — meaning in English

English meaning

• serf noun A peasant tied to a piece of land under a feudal lord, obliged to work it but with very limited personal freedoms.
• slave noun A person legally owned by another and forced to work without freedom or pay.

Senses

nevolník is used for these senses in English:

• 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.
• slave A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.
• villein (historical) A feudal tenant, a serf.

slave — full definition

1. noun A person legally owned by another and forced to work without freedom or pay.
2. noun A person completely controlled by or devoted to something.
3. noun A secondary device controlled by another (master) device.

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