serflike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

serf +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

serflike (comparative more serflike, superlative most serflike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a serf.
    • 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 116:
      Millions were reduced to serflike conditions where a small white elite dominated different groups of black and white sharecroppers, indebted tenants and permanent debtors virtually enslaved through peonage.