noun pl. champerties
Origin: ME champartie < OFr champart, the lord's share in the crop of a tenant's land < L campi pars < campi, gen. of campus, field + pars, part: see campus & part
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noun pl. cham·per·ties
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Origin: Middle English champartie
Origin: , from Old French champart, the lord's share of the tenant's crop
Origin: , from Medieval Latin campars, campīpars
Origin: : Latin campī
Origin: , genitive of campus, field
Origin: + Latin pars, part; see part
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