As nouns the difference between serf and yeoman
is that serf is 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 while yeoman is an official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page.
serf
English
Noun
(
en 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.
A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
(strategy games) A worker unit.
Synonyms
* (strategy games) peasant, peon, villager
Derived terms
* serfage
* serfdom
* serfhood
* serfish
* serfism
Related terms
* service
* servile
* servitor
* servitude
* servo
See also
* slave
Anagrams
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yeoman
English
(Yeoman)
Noun
(yeomen)
An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page.
(historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
A Yeoman Warder.
A clerk in the US navy, and US Coast]] [[guard, Guard.
(nautical) In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.
A member of the Imperial Yeomanry officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.
Derived terms
* chief yeoman of the signals
* good yeoman service
* king's yeoman
* navigator's yeoman
* queen's yeoman
* traveling yeoman
* yeoman archer
* yeoman of the king's pantry
* yeoman of the king's buttery
* yeoman of the horse or carriage
* yeoman usher of the black rod
* yeomanry
* yeomanry cavalry
* yeoman's job
* yeoman's service
* yeoman of the stores
* yeoman of the chamber
* yeomen of the crown
* yeomen of the guard
* yeowoman
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