| 单词 | villein |
| 释义 | villein (once / 9991 pages) n WORD FAMILY villein: villeins USAGE EXAMPLESOnly neither the villein nor the farm labourer starved, when the master was a man like Sir Ector. T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958) When you think about the matter, it’s as good as any sermon, For the villeins feed the miller, and the miller feeds the vermin. Laura Amy Schlitz, Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices...(2007) The farm was cultivated partly by the work of these hired servants, partly by the services owed by the villeins. Power, Eileen, Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275...(2012) n (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord Syn|Hypo|Hyper helot, serf cotter, cottier a medieval English villein thrall someone held in bondage |
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