What's the difference between bordar and villein?

Bordar


Definition:

  • (n.) A villein who rendered menial service for his cottage; a cottier.

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Villein


Definition:

  • (n.) See Villain, 1.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Indeed, the unfree villeins, who made up perhaps half the population, did not formally share in those benefits at all.
  • (2) As one lawbook put it, “a villein when he wakes up in the morning, does not know what services he must perform for his lord by night”.
  • (3) It was the law itself that laid down that villeins had no access to the king’s courts in any matter concerning their land and services.
  • (4) Under chapter 20, fines imposed on villeins were to match the offence and be assessed by local men.

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