merchets

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A form of merchet — In Middle Ages England, a fine paid to a lord on a daughter's marriage, in recompense for the loss of a worker.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of merchet
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APA

merchets. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merchets

MLA

“merchets.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merchets. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “merchets,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merchets.

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