DROIT DU SEIGNEUR

droit du seigneur (drwah d[schwa] sen-yuur). [French “right of the lord”] Hist. 1. A supposed customary right of a feudal lord to have sexual intercourse with a tenant’s bride on her wedding night. 2. A supposed custom requiring sexual abstinence by a couple on their wedding night. — Also spelled droit de seigneur. — Also […]