semiservile

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

semi- +‎ servile

Adjective[edit]

semiservile (not comparable)

  1. In a condition of semiservitude.
    • 1861, C. H. Pearson, Early & Middle Ages Eng. I. 201:
      The tenants, cotsetlas, geburs, and geneats, were the highest among the semiservile.