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droit du seigneurOne entry found. Main Entry: droit du sei·gneur Pronunciation: \drwä-due-se-nʸœr\ Function: noun Etymology: French, right of the lord Date: 1825 : a supposed legal or customary right of a feudal lord to have sexual relations with a vassal's bride on her wedding night
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