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frankmarriage

frankmarriage is the alternative form of frank-marriage.

Meaning of frank-marriage

Noun

frank-marriage (countable and uncountable, plural frank-marriages)

  1. (UK, obsolete) A form of conditional marriage-gift of land under English law, often from father to daughter.
    • an estate given with her in frank marriage by her ancestor1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Forms of frankmarriage

pluralfrankmarriages

Questions about frankmarriage

What is frankmarriage the alternative form of?
Frankmarriage is the alternative form of frank-marriage.

Words near frankmarriage in the dictionary

  1. franklins
  2. Franklinton
  3. frankly
  4. Franklyn
  5. Franklyns
  6. frankmarriage
  7. frankmarriages
  8. frankness
  9. franknesses
  10. Franko
  11. Frankos

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