Difference between Serf and Villein
What is the difference between Serf and Villein?
Serf as a noun is a semifree peasant of a low hereditary class, slavishly attached to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights while Villein as a noun is a feudal tenant.
Serf
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A semifree peasant of a low hereditary class, slavishly attached to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights
A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe
(strategy games) A worker unit
Villein
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A feudal tenant.
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