serf

Example Sentences

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It has also accused the Dalai Lama of spearheading a failed uprising in 1959 in order to "preserve the theocratic serf system".

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2023

When I read her work, I imagine Monty Python’s oppressed serf calling out, “there’s some lovely filth down here,” gleefully harvesting a great big pile of squelching sludge.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2022

“These gestures were like signs of vassalage,” with Mr. Macron playing the part of the serf, said J. C. Icart, a retired writer for scientific journals, interviewed outside the arrondissement’s City Hall.

From New York Times • May 17, 2018

Minimalist boots with one single strap stylishly seemed to merge serf with space-age.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2018

The serf of chivalry was not a slave for whom there was no hope.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White