droit de seigneur
noun/ˌdrwʌ də senˈjɜː(r)/
/ˌdrwʌ də senˈjɜːr/
[uncountable] (from French)- 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 AgesWord OriginFrench, literally ‘lord's right’.
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