Leibeigener — 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.

Senses

Leibeigener 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.
• villein (historical) A feudal tenant, a serf.