English Explanatory Dictionary

smerd

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a class of peasants in medieval Rus', perhaps initially freemen but later gradually reduced to a lower status.

Word forms

smerd smerds smerdy

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian смерд (smerd).

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