lijfeigene — meaning in English
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English meaning
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serf
noun A peasant tied to a piece of land under a feudal lord, obliged to work it but with very limited personal freedoms.
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thrall
noun A person held as a slave or in servitude, under the total control of another.
Senses
lijfeigene is used for these senses in English:
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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.
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thrall
(literary, or, puristic, otherwise, archaic) Slave; one under the control of another.
thrall — full definition
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noun A person held as a slave or in servitude, under the total control of another.
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noun The state of being completely controlled or dominated by something.
