merchet

English

noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) In Middle Ages England, a fine paid to a lord on a daughter's marriage, in recompense for the loss of a worker.

Etymology

Derived from Welsh merched.

Origin

Welsh (Colloquial)

merched

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