Read full poem →and the thrall was free.
Slave of nature and serf of time,
the bondman of life and death,
Dictionary Entry
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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Common Phrases
. serflabour serflabor serfserf russianserf formerserf feudal
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Poetry examples for “serf”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →He is our Duke, after all,
And I, as he says, but a serf and thrall.
My father was born here, and I inherit