collibert

noun

col·​li·​bert

ˈkäləˌbərt

plural -s

: a peasant tenant next superior to the serfs

Word History

Etymology

French, from Medieval Latin collibertus, from Latin, fellow freedman, from com- + libertus one made free, from liber free

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