serf in a sentence
pronunciation: [ [ sə:f ] ]
Examples
- Only the monarchs had the power to grant liberty to serfs.
- They converted serfs to Christianity and merged with the local populace.
- Most of the ordinary Cossacks were made peasants and even serfs.
- The conscripted serfs dramatically increased the size of the Russian military.
- The citizens were until 1782 de jure serfs of St Gall.
- Russian agricultural slaves were formally converted into serfs earlier in 1679.
- The serf J�ra is designated the leader of a rebel movement.
- Many were peasant serf farmers in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- The third and largest group were the ordinary peasants or serfs.
- This dichotomy was often accompanied by a master / serf relationship.