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 Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Apuleius, Apologia, 547: utramvis habens culpam mulier, quae aut tam intolerabilis fuit ut repudiaretur aut tam insolens ut repudiaret.

From A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. by Hecker, Eugene Arthur

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)

Et Eva, 2. prima mulier, formata est e costâ viri.

From The Orbis Pictus by Hoole, Charles

Simul haec comitibus Attis cecinit notha mulier, Thiasus repente linguis trepidantibus ululat, Leve tympanum remugit, cava cymbala recrepant, 30Viridem citus adit Idam properante pede chorus.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir