noun

• (feudalism, obsolete except historical)
• A free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl and a thane; a freeman; also (more generally), a person without royal or noble status; a commoner.
• A bondman or serf.
• (by extension)
• (derogatory) A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor.
• (archaic) A countryman, a peasant, a rustic.
• (archaic) A person who is stingy, especially with money; a selfish miser, a niggard.
• (Theodism) A freedman, ranked below a thane but above a thrall.