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| droit de seign·eur [ drw də say nyúr ] or droit du seign·eur [ drw dyoo say nyúr ] |
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social superior's right: the supposed former legal right of a feudal lord to have sexual intercourse with the bride or daughter of an inferior, usually a serf, on the night of her wedding
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| [< French, "lord's right"] |
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