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Definition of "serflike" []

  • Resembling a serf or some aspect of one. (adjective)

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Use "serflike" in a sentence
  • "The United States is the largest source of remittances — Saudi Arabia, with its armies of serflike guest workers, is No. 2 — and Mexico the largest recipient of U.S. funds."
  • "The failure to disclose stories has usually occurred at the behest of the Executive; it tells the Times -- which bends the knee, serflike -- that national security would be compromised by disclosure."
  • "However, between 1811 and 1816, organized bands of masked men swore allegiance to “King Ludd” rather than the British sovereign, and waged a war against the serflike conditions spawned by the users of textile machinery."
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