1
: a free common villager or village peasant of any of the feudal classes lower in rank than the thane
2
: a free peasant of a feudal class higher in rank than a cotter
3
: an unfree peasant enslaved to a feudal lord but free in legal relations with respect to all others
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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