livegen — meaning in English
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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
livegen is used for these senses in English:
- adscript Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
- 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.