villein
gb/vˈɪlin/ us/vˈɪlin/
C2
Anglais
~ 9500
jobbágy
NOM
C2
ARCHAIC
1
jobbágy
C1
Schéma d’usage :
[someone] is a villein of [someone]
As a villein, he owed several days of unpaid labor on his lord’s demesne each week.
Jobbágyként hetente több napnyi ingyenmunkát kellett végeznie a földesúr majorságában.
The charter granted certain protections to every villein living on the manor.
Az oklevél bizonyos védelmet biztosított minden, az uradalomban élő jobbágynak.
Historians debate how harsh daily life was for the average villein in thirteenth‑century England.
The court roll records that the villein could not sell his oxen without the lord’s permission.
By the late Middle Ages, it became easier for a villein to buy his freedom.
Exemples pédagogiques
The villein worked on the lord’s land every week.
A jobbágy minden héten a földesúr földjén dolgozott.
A villein could not leave the village without the lord’s consent.
A jobbágy nem hagyhatta el a falut a földesúr beleegyezése nélkül.
Each villein had to give part of his crops to the lord.
In that story, a poor villein asks his lord for help.
The teacher explained that a villein was not a free person.
Erreur fréquente :
Learners often confuse "villein" with "villain" because the words look and sound similar. "Villein" is a historical term for an unfree peasant in the Middle Ages, while "villain" means a bad or evil person, especially in stories or films. Do not use "villein" when you mean "bad person"; use "villain" instead.
Sens
unfree medieval peasant tenant
Collocations
medieval villein
|unfree villein
|lord and villein
|status of the villein
|rights of the villein
Synonymes
serf (More common general term for an unfree peasant; less tied to specific English legal history than "villein".)
Antonymes
freeman (A person who was legally free and not bound to a lord’s land or control, the opposite legal status of a villein.)
Thèmes
history
|law
|society
|core_vocabulary
Définition
In the Middle Ages, a farmer who was not free and had to work on a lord’s land, could not easily leave, and owed the lord work and other duties.
In medieval Europe, an unfree peasant who farmed land belonging to a lord and was legally bound to that land and to the lord’s control, owing labor and services rather than being fully free.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
villein
API
GB/vˈɪlin/
US/vˈɪlin/
Syllabes et accentuation
vil - lein (2 syllabes)
Stress on 1st syllable (vil)
Formes du mot
Noun
- Base: villein
- Plural: villeins
Famille de mots
Expressions
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