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marchet

marchet is the alternative form of merchet.

Meaning of merchet

Noun

merchet (plural merchets)

  1. (obsolete) In Middle Ages England, a fine paid to a lord on a daughter's marriage, in recompense for the loss of a worker.

Forms of marchet

pluralmarchets

Questions about marchet

What is marchet the alternative form of?
Marchet is the alternative form of merchet.

Words near marchet in the dictionary

  1. Marcheshvan
  2. marchesi
  3. Marchessault
  4. Marchessaults
  5. marchest
  6. marchet
  7. marcheth
  8. marchets
  9. Marchetti
  10. Marchetti's constant
  11. Marchettis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marchet (page history and authors); merchet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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