mulier

¹ American  

[myoo-lee-er] / ˈmyu li ər /

noun

Old English Law.

1. a woman or wife.

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mulier ² American  

[myoo-lee-er] / ˈmyu li ər /

noun

Old English Law.

1. a legitimate child.

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Etymology

Origin of mulier¹

1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French ≪ Latin: woman

Origin of mulier²

1350–1400; Middle English mulire, moylere < Anglo-French mulieré born in wedlock, legitimate < Medieval Latin mulierātus. See mulier ¹, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle    quam mihi, non si se Iuppiter ipse petat.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

Jerome, with more scholarly instinct, rightly presents the remark as a quotation: "Scribit Herodotus quod mulier cum veste deponat et verecundiam."

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Ellis, Havelock

Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere velle,   Quam mihi: non, si Jupiter ipse petat; Dicit; sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti,   In vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.

From The Lucasta Poems by Lovelace, Richard

Nulla potest mulier tantum se dicere amatam   Vere, quantum a me Lesbia amata mea est; Nulla fides ullo fuit unquam faedere tanta,   Quanta in amore suo ex parte reperta mea est.

From The Lucasta Poems by Lovelace, Richard

Possessive and Indefinite Pronouns usually follow their Noun; as,— pater meus, my father; homō quīdam, a certain man; mulier aliqua, some woman.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)