Etymology

merchet

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Today it means: In Middle Ages England, a fine paid to a lord on a daughter's marriage, in recompense for the loss of a worker. Full definition →

Welsh merched
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  1. Welsh · derived frommerched
  2. English todaymerchet

From Welsh merched, plural form of merch (“daughter”).

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