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The Clue
Slave (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SERF
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Notes
The answer SERF is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
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One in bondage
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Vassal
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Feudal slave
Feudal thrall
Feudal toiler
Feudal worker
Freeman's opposite
Gurth, in "Ivanhoe"
Lord's lackey
Lord's worker
Lowly laborer
Lowly worker
Medieval drudge
Medieval toiler
Old slave
Toiler of 1066
Toiler of yore
Underling of yore
Derivative of "servus" (slave)
One doing the lord's work
Feudal have-not
Gurth in "Ivanhoe," e.g.
Slavish son of the soil
One who does the lord's work
Definition
SERF as a noun:
1. (serf, helot, villein) = (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord