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Villein - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Villein, or villain, was a term used in the feudal era to denote a peasant (tenant farmer) who was legally tied to a lord of the manor – a villein in gross – or in the case of a villein regardant to a manor.
Villeins occupied the social space between a free peasant (or "freeman") and a slave.
The majority of medieval European peasants were villeins. An alternative term is serf, from the Latin servus, meaning "slave".
A villein could not leave the land without the landowner's consent.
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Bondman, Bondmen.
A male indentured servant.to be bonded to someone!.
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Serf.
A person in bondage or servitude.
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Villein, or villain, was a term used in the feudal era to denote a peasant (tenant farmer) who was legally tied to a lord of the manor – a villein in gross – or in the case of a villein regardant to a manor.
Villeins occupied the social space between a free peasant (or "freeman") and a slave.
The majority of medieval European peasants were villeins. An alternative term is serf, from the Latin servus, meaning "slave".
A villein could not leave the land without the landowner's consent.
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Regardant ? Looking backward(s) in profile. !
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Bondman, Bondmen.
A male indentured servant.to be bonded to someone!.
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Serf.
A person in bondage or servitude.
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A General Dictionary of Provincialisms ... -