The difference between Freeman and Serf
When used as nouns, freeman means a person who is not a serf or slave, whereas serf means a partially free 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.
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Freeman as a noun (usually, _, historical):
A free person, particularly: A person who is not a serf or slave. A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others. An honorary freeman: a person who has received an honorary freedom of a city. A person who is a citizen of a free country, as opposed to a subject of a tyranny or totalitarian dictatorship. A person who immigrated to Australia freely, as opposed to those transported as convicts, or such a transported convict who has regained his freedom. An independent fur trapper.
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Serf as a noun:
A partially free 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.
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Serf as a noun:
A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
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Serf as a noun (strategy games):
A worker unit.