serf vs workhorse

serf

noun
  • A worker unit. 

  • A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights. 

  • A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe. 

workhorse

noun
  • Anyone or anything that does a lot of work; something or someone who works consistently or regularly. 

  • A horse used primarily for manual labor; a draft horse. 

How often have the words serf and workhorse occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )