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Noun: villein  vi-lun
  1. (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
    "The villein toiled in the fields, unable to leave the estate without his lord's permission";
    - serf, helot

Sounds like: v

Derived forms: villeins

Type of: thrall

Encyclopedia: Villein