villein
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++vil·lein /ˈvɪlən, ˈvɪleɪn/ noun [countable] BOTAa poor farm worker in the Middle Ages who was given a small piece of land in return for working on the land of a rich lord 〔中世纪的〕农奴，佃农 → feudalism
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villein• On the demesne are 2 ploughs and 44 villeins with 12 borders have 28 ploughs.• What is interesting is that the insect imagery used to characterise the villeins is continued here.• Spenser makes it clear that the villeins are not individually dangerous to the superior knights.vil·lein nounChineseSyllable
given who Corpus the Ages was a farm in worker poor Middle
villein
vil‧lein /ˈvɪlən, ˈvɪlɪn, ˈvɪleɪn/
noun [countable]
a poor farm worker in the Middle Ages who was given a small piece of land in return for working on the land of a rich lord ⇨ feudalism
vil‧lein /ˈvɪlən, ˈvɪlɪn, ˈvɪleɪn/
noun [countable]a poor farm worker in the Middle Ages who was given a small piece of land in return for working on the land of a rich lord ⇨ feudalism