Meaning

1 senses
  1. (historical)A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his vassal, servant, or tenant.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Old English mannbōt (“fine paid to the lord of a slain man or vassa

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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Forms

plural: manbotes / manboten

See also

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