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manbote

manbote noun: a sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his vassal, servant, or tenant.

Noun

manbote (plural manbotes or manboten)

  1. (historical, Anglo-Saxon) A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his vassal, servant, or tenant.
    • Manbote of freedom1628–1644, Edw[ard] Coke, (please specify |part=1 to 4), London
    • Three weeks later an equal sum, under the name of manbote, was paid to the lord, as a compensation for the loss of his vassal.1688, John Lingard, A History of England

Forms of manbote

pluralmanbotes
pluralmanboten
alternative formmanbot

Origin of manbote

Learned borrowing from Old English mannbōt (“fine paid to the lord of a slain man or vassal”). More at man, bote.

Questions about manbote

What does manbote mean?
Manbote means a sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his vassal, servant, or tenant.
What part of speech is manbote?
Manbote is a noun.
What is the plural of manbote?
The plural of manbote is manbotes.

Words near manbote in the dictionary

  1. manboob
  2. manboobed
  3. manboobs
  4. manbos
  5. manbot
  6. manbote
  7. manbotes
  8. manbots
  9. manboy
  10. manboys
  11. manbulge

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