Merchet
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Merchet is a noun meaning (obsolete) In Middle Ages England, a fine paid to a lord on a daughter's marriage, in recompense for the loss of a worker.
Meaning
(obsolete) In Middle Ages England, a fine paid to a lord on a daughter's marriage, in recompense for the loss of a worker.
Word Forms
- merchets
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mershet, marchet, mesnalty, mesne, mercery, manbote.
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