English Explanatory Dictionary

manbote

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his vassal, servant, or tenant.

Word forms

manbote manbotes manboten manbot

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English mannbōt (“fine paid to the lord of a slain man or vassal”). More at man, bote.

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