Noun: manbote
| Singular | manbote |
| Plural | manbotes; manboten |
Sample Sentences
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Manbote of freedom [1628–1644, Edw[ard] Coke, (please specify |part=1 to 4), London:]
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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:]
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1962, H.R. Loyns, quoted in NYT, Daily Lexeme: Maegbot, 2011
Nouns inflected like manbote
Sacher-torte,
Wunderkammer,
blitz torte,
Klokan,
linzer torte,
capelle,
pickelhaube,
turnhalle,
druse,
freke,
torte,
schul,
shmoo,
sachertorte,
Aufgabe,
sacher torte,
auslese,
kapelle,
linzertorte,
manbote, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old English mannbōt (“fine paid to the lord of a slain man or vassal”). More at man, bote.