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merchets

merchets is the plural 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.

Questions about merchets

What is merchets the plural of?
Merchets is the plural of merchet.

Words near merchets in the dictionary

  1. merched
  2. mercheen
  3. mercheens
  4. merches
  5. merchet
  6. merchets
  7. merchetum
  8. merchild
  9. merchildren
  10. merching
  11. Merchiston

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