An agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate.
In a feudal system, a serf would remain a serf no matter how hard they were to work.
Riddle answer: a serf board.
Peasant/serf
I doubt that they thought about the serf one way or the other. The serf was to do the work and didn't require much thought from his master.
It is probably safe to say that anyone who was a serf was also poor.
A serf is the Greek word for slave and slavery still exists. It has been part of man's history for thousands of years. The fact that people enslaved others shows the cruelty of man.
Whats serf
The homonym for "serf" is "surf."
Your question is not entirely correct in its premise; a serf is not a slave and does not have an owner. A serf is a subject of a land owner whom the serf would address as lord.
In a feudal system, a serf would remain a serf no matter how hard they were to work.
Saint Serf died in 583.
Saint Serf was born in 500.
Riddle answer: a serf board.
The plural of the word "serf" is "serfs."
The noble executed the serf.
Peasant/serf
No. Serf does mean slave, but in the middle ages they weren't sold. They could be sent to another holding and made to provide services to another noble, but it was more like they were on loan.