Definitions
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- adjective literally of a
serf , relating toserfdom - adjective figuratively like a serf,
slavish
Etymologies
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serf (via French from Latin servus 'slave') + -ish
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Examples
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Not a serfish war; not altogether ignoble, though even its only end may appear to be your daily food.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 Various
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Not a serfish war; not altogether ignoble, though even its only end may appear to be your daily food.
Margret Howth, a Story of To-day Rebecca Harding Davis 1870
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Not a serfish war; not altogether ignoble, though even its only end may appear to be your daily food.
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