villein

Noun
  1. (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord (synset 110599987)
    referred to in: dark ages, middle ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
    domain region: europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
    is a type of: thrall - someone held in bondage
    subtypes: cotter, cottier - a medieval English villein
    same as: helot, serf

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