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Definition of droit de seigneur noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

droit de seigneur

noun
 
/ˌdrwʌ də senˈjɜː(r)/
 
/ˌdrwʌ də senˈjɜːr/
[uncountable] (from French)
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  1. the right of a lord to have sex with a woman of lower social rank on her wedding night, said to exist in the Middle Ages
    Word OriginFrench, literally ‘lord's right’.
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