Villein

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  • noun. One of a class of feudal serfs who held the legal status of freemen in their dealings with all people except their lord.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See villain.
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  • noun. See villain, 1.
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  • noun. A feudal tenant.
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  • noun. (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
    • Word Usage
    "Vinogradoff and others have conclusively established that there was not a real difference in status between the so-called villein regardant and villein in gross, and that in any case the villein was not properly a slave but rather a serf. ["
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    thrall  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    cotter  cottier  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    allodial  bondman  calker  carl  clay-built  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bondmaid  bondman  bondslave  bondsman  bondswoman  
    variant
    villain  
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