smerd · noun — A member of a class of peasants in medieval Rus', perhaps initially freemen but later gradually reduced to a lower status.
Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, smerd ranks #30,169 of 43,201 for Qualifying.
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian смерд (smerd).
noun
- A member of a class of peasants in medieval Rus', perhaps initially freemen but later gradually reduced to a lower status.
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Words closest in meaning
By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.
- squireen 57% match — A minor squire; a small landowner. vs smerd →
- pleb 57% match — A commoner; a member of the lower class of a society. vs smerd →
- kmet 57% match — A serf in Southeastern Europe, especially one holding land under the estate system introduced by the Ottomans and retained in some areas by Austria-Hungary. vs smerd →
- serfism 56% match — The system of serfs as workers attached to land. vs smerd →
- serfship 56% match — The role or status of a serf. vs smerd →
- serfhood 56% match — The role or status of a serf. vs smerd →
- dreng 54% match — A kind of feudal free tenant with military duties, mentioned in the Domesday Book. vs smerd →
- squit 53% match — A person of low status. vs smerd →