droit du seigneur

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(Fr. drwa dy se nyœr′)


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droit du sei•gneur  (Fr. drwa dy se nyœr′),USA pronunciation 
  1. Foreign Terms, World Historythe supposed right claimable by a feudal lord to have sexual relations with the bride of a vassal on her first night of marriage.
  • French: literally, right of the lord
  • 1815–25

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