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Only a serf, but he had plenty! (5)

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I believe the answer is:

helot

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'only a serf but he had plenty' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'he had plenty' is the wordplay.
'had plenty' becomes 'lot' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'he'+'lot'='HELOT'

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(Other definitions for helot that I've seen before include "Greek serf" , "Hotel (anag) - serf" , "He's bound to land" , "Spartan serf" , "Serf of ancient Sparta" .)

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