serf
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The opening ensembles transported the audience back in time amid contemporary fusions, channeling the essence of a serf, the medieval agricultural laborer.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
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
They were Old Believers, and relatively new money: Their great-grandfather was a serf who bought his freedom with his wife’s dowry of five rubles.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2021
And that is precisely where Marc’s family story begins—with Nina’s grandfather, the serf who bought his freedom from figuring out how to color beet sugar.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
The loss of the Crimean War led to the emancipation of serfs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Like any monarchy, the Magic Kingdom has its royalty and its serfs.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
They want illiterate, groveling serfs, who live in fear and don’t stick around too long.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025
Displays blurred the lines between rebellion and refinement, presenting collections that navigated through time — evoking medieval serfs with a modern twist and embracing minimalist aesthetics reminiscent of the 1990s.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Russia - Introductory
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