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manbote en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (historical, qualifier:Anglo-Saxon) A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his vassal, servant, or tenant.
   • Three weeks later an equal sum, under the name of manbote, was paid to the lord, as a compensation for the loss of his vassal. 1688, John Lingard, A History of England:
   • 1962, H.R. Loyns, quoted in NYT, Daily Lexeme: Maegbot, 2011
   • Manbote of freedom 1628–1644, Edw[ard] Coke, (please specify |part=1 to 4), London:

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