a serf many ....serfs or serves?

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alexrussia

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I wonder whether plural of serf is serfs or serves ?
 

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Did you not find the answer when you checked in (online) dictionaries?
 

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I'd use serfs.
 

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I'd use serfs.
That's what they're for!

Now then*: Is the singular of swerves swerf? Is the plural of Smurf Smurves? Is the singular of hors d'oeuvres hors d'oeuf?

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* The shortest oxymoron?
 

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That's what they're for!

Now then*: Is the singular of swerves swerf? Is the plural of Smurf Smurves? Is the singular of hors d'oeuvres hors d'oeuf?

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* The shortest oxymoron?

I'll ask my servants.
 
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