ETYM as. aldormon, ealdorman; ealdor an elder + man. Related to Elder.
(Irregular plural: aldermen).
A member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council).
Anglo-Saxon term for the noble governor of a shire; after the Norman Conquest the office was replaced with that of sheriff. From the 19th century aldermen were the senior members of the borough or county councils in England and Wales, elected by the other councillors, until the abolition of the office 1974; the title is still used in the City of London, and for members of a municipal corporation in certain towns in the us. + prikaži više

Another term for a slave or serf used in the Caribbean in the 18th and 19th centuries; a person who was offered a few acres of land in return for some years of compulsory service. The system was a means of obtaining labor from Europe.
Someone bound to labor without wages.
One bound to service without wages; also; slave

ETYM French, from Latin serus servant, slave; akin to servare to protect, preserve, observe, and perhaps originally, a client, a man under one's protection. Related to Serve.
(Medieval Europe) A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord; SYN. helot, villein.
(Homonym: surf).

ETYM Old Eng. vilein, French vilain, Late Lat. villanus, from villa a village, Latin villa a farm. Related to Villa.
1. A wicked or evil person; SYN. scoundrel.
2. The principle bad character in a work of fiction.

Free villager; serf.