enserfed
/ɪnˈsɜrft/
adjective
- Forced into a condition of servitude or bondage; made a serf.
- The novel tells the story of an enserfed family struggling for freedom.
- The enserfed peasants had no rights and worked the lord's land.
- Historians study the lives of enserfed populations in medieval Europe.
Synonyms
verb
- Past tense of enserf: made someone a serf or forced into servitude.
- They enserfed the captured soldiers and put them to work in the fields.
- The king enserfed the rebels after the uprising failed.
- The new law effectively enserfed the indebted farmers.