villein
/vil-uhn, -eyn, vi-leyn/US // ˈvɪl ən, -eɪn, vɪˈleɪn //UK // (ˈvɪlən) //
维莱恩,维尔林,维林,维莱尔
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a member of a class of partially free persons under the feudal system, who were serfs with respect to their lord but had the rights and privileges of freemen with respect to others.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
After the Norman invasion the name of Villein, a person attached to the villa, was given to the serfs.
A case still more familiar to most readers is that of the word villain or villein.
"I very much would like to see a villein drown," cried a lad of eleven years, son of the Sire of Bourgeuil.
The villein took the cruel blow without wince or cry, as one to whom stripes are a birthright and an inheritance.
The villein regardant might be severed from the manor, with or without land, and would then become a villein in gross.
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