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villein
noun as in farmer
noun as in peasant
Weak matches
noun as in serf
Weak matches
Example Sentences
After the Norman invasion the name of Villein, a person attached to the villa, was given to the serfs.
A case still more familiar to most readers is that of the word villain or villein.
"I very much would like to see a villein drown," cried a lad of eleven years, son of the Sire of Bourgeuil.
The villein took the cruel blow without wince or cry, as one to whom stripes are a birthright and an inheritance.
The villein regardant might be severed from the manor, with or without land, and would then become a villein in gross.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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