Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a serf or some aspect of one.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective like someone in servitude

Etymologies

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serf +‎ -like

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Examples

  • 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 Mexican Connection 2007

  • 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 Mexican Connection 2007

  • 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.

    Arthur Sulzberger And Bill Keller On Bended Knee, Serf-Like. 2007

  • 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.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • 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.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • 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.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • 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.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • The Liberals were courteous and rather worried, Labour were rude and quarrelsome, and the Conservatives were positively robotic in their ruthless insistence on the serflike tugging of the forelock and towing of the party line.

    Gridlock Elton, Ben 1991

  • But in fact Citi - zens were serflike in their entertainment-or so it seemed so far.

    Juxtaposition Anthony, Piers 1982

  • But in fact Citi - zens were serflike in their entertainment-or so it seemed so far.

    Juxtaposition Anthony, Piers 1982

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