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droit de seigneur

noun
🔊/ˌdrwʌ də senˈjɜː(r)/
🔊/ˌdrwʌ də senˈjɜːr/
[uncountable] (from French)
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  1. the right of a lord to have sex with a woman of lower social rank on her wedding night, said to exist in the Middle Ages（据传中世纪领主对其封臣新娘的）初夜权
    Word OriginFrench, literally ‘lord's right’.