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serfdom

🇬🇧 UK/'sә:fdәm/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

The condition of being a serf; the feudal system in which peasants are bound to work for a landowner

农奴制度;农奴身份

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
serfserve, keep, guard
+
domstate, realm, condition
=serfdom

Common Collocations

  • 1.abolition of serfdom废除农奴制
  • 2.under serfdom在农奴制度下
  • 3.[system of serfdom]农奴制体系
  • 4.bound by serfdom受农奴制束缚

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The abolition of serfdom in Russia came in 1861 under Tsar Alexander II.

  • 2.

    Peasants under serfdom had little freedom and were tied to the land.

  • 3.

    Historians debate the long-term economic consequences of serfdom in Eastern Europe.

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