крепостно́й — meaning in English

English meaning

• bondman noun A man who is bound in servitude.
• 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

крепостно́й is used for these senses in English:

• adscript Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
• bondman A man who is bound in servitude.
• 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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