Slave of old

The answer

ESNE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ESNE answer page.

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 1996; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ESNE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ESNE, most used first.

• Serf - used 38 times, most recently in 2006
• Anglo-Saxon laborer - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Slave of yore - used 27 times, most recently in 2005
• Anglo-Saxon slave - used 26 times, most recently in 2006
• Feudal serf - used 20 times, most recently in 2011
• Old slave - used 19 times, most recently in 1996
• Serf of yore - used 18 times, most recently in 2007
• Laborer of yore - used 16 times, most recently in 2007
• Feudal slave. - used 15 times, most recently in 1997
• Domestic slave - used 12 times, most recently in 1995
• Feudal worker - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Slave. - used 10 times, most recently in 1977
• Early slave - used 9 times, most recently in 1974
• Thrall - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Anglo-Saxon serf - used 7 times, most recently in 1998
• Early laborer - used 7 times, most recently in 1980
• Feudal laborer - used 7 times, most recently in 2013

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Old oath - EGAD, used 105 times
• "___ Old Cowhand" - IMAN, used 93 times
• Old Italian money - LIRA, used 87 times
• Old Russian ruler - TSAR, used 84 times
• Old salts - TARS, used 69 times
• Old Testament book - AMOS, used 69 times

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