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Definition of serfdom noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

serfdom

noun

/ˈsɜːfdəm/

/ˈsɜːrfdəm/

[uncountable]

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the system under which crops were grown by serfs; the state of being a serf
- the abolition of serfdom in Russia in 1861
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