| 单词 | droit du seigneur |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdroit(s) du (or de) seigneur b. droit(s) du (or de) seigneur /drwa dy sɛɲœr/, an alleged custom of medieval times by which the feudal lord might have sexual intercourse with the bride of a vassal on the wedding-night, before she cohabited with her husband. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > alleged right of feudal lord to have sex with vassal's bride droit(s) du (or de) seigneur1825 jus primae noctis1887 1784 ‘F. G. Desfontaines’ (title) Le Droit du Seigneur. Comédie en trois actes,..mêlée d'ariettes.] 1825 H. Wilson Mem. iii. 168 Lord Frederic Beauclerc..declares himself willing to..marry us, privately, by special licence, provided you agree to grant him les droits du seigneur. Worcester enquired what that meant. Simply, les droits du mari, for the first night. 1902 Folk-lore 13 334 The final incident of the Wooing of Emer, proving as it does the existence of the droit du Seigneur among the early Irish. 1931 E. A. Robertson Four Frightened People v. 147 The privilege, if anyone's, will be mine as the instigator of the expedition... A sort of local droit de seigneur. 1936 ‘G. Orwell’ Keep Aspidistra Flying ii. 45 She exercised a sort of droit du seigneur over letters. 1961 A. Wilson Old Men at Zoo viii. 343 And as to your wife,..exercise the droit de seigneur. You're her lord and master. < as lemmas |
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