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droit du seigneur: Meaning and Definition of

droit du sei•gneur

Pronunciation: (Fr. drwa dy se-nyœr'), [key]
  1. the supposed right claimable by a feudal lord to have sexual relations with the bride of a vassal on her first night of marriage.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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