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serflike

adj

Etymology

From serf + -like.

  1. derived from servus — “slave, serf, servant”
  2. derived from serf
  3. inherited from serf
  4. suffixed as serflike — “serf + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a serf.

    • Millions were reduced to serflike conditions where a small white elite dominated different groups of black and white sharecroppers, indebted tenants and permanent debtors virtually enslaved through peonage.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA