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waivery

waivery noun: the outlawry of a woman.

Noun

waivery (usually uncountable, plural waiveries)

  1. (historical, usually) The outlawry of a woman.
    • Significantly, on documenting Thomas's subsequent outlawry and Margery's waivery, the court clerk recorded that it was not known whether they had any chattels because they were strangers.2015, Louise J. Wilkinson, Women in Thirteenth-Century Lincolnshire, page 92

Forms of waivery

pluralwaiveries

Origin of waivery

From waive + -ry.

Questions about waivery

What does waivery mean?
Waivery means the outlawry of a woman.
What part of speech is waivery?
Waivery is a noun.
What is the plural of waivery?
The plural of waivery is waiveries.

Words near waivery in the dictionary

  1. waiverer
  2. waiverers
  3. waiveries
  4. waivering
  5. waivers
  6. waivery
  7. waives
  8. waivest
  9. waiveth
  10. waiving
  11. waivod

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