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(obsolete) In Middle Ages England, a fine paid to a lord on a daughter's marriage, in recompense for the loss of a worker..
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Merchet means (obsolete) In Middle Ages England, a fine paid to a lord on a daughter's marriage, in recompense for the loss of a worker..
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Use merchet where its definition matches the intended context.
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