DROIT DU SEIGNEUR


Meaning of DROIT DU SEIGNEUR in English

drwädu̅e̅sānʸœœr noun

Etymology: French, right of the lord

: a supposed legal or customary right at the time of a marriage whereby a feudal lord had sexual relations with a vassal's bride on her wedding night

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