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Villein
see synonyms of villeinNoun
(Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
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Villein
see synonyms of villeinnoun
(in medieval Europe) a peasant personally bound to his lord, to whom he paid dues and services, sometimes commuted to rents, in return for his land
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Villein
see synonyms of villein noun
any of a class of feudal serfs who by the 13th cent. had become freemen in their legal relations to all except their lord, to whom they remained subject as slaves
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Villein
see synonyms of villeinn.
One of a class of feudal serfs who held the legal status of freemen in their dealings with all people except their lord.
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