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

Et nulla penitus mulier ab aliquo frater recipiatur ad obedientiam, sed dato sibi consilio spirituali, ubi voluerit agat penitentiam.

From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Houghton, Louise Seymour

"In casu autem necessitatis non solum sacerdos vel diaconus sed etiam laicus vel mulier, immo etiam paganus et haereticus baptizare potest, dummodo formam servet Ecclesiae, et facere intendat quod facit Ecclesia."

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

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

I think, however, that mulier here is a word of contempt.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various

—Ilion, Ilion Fatalis incestusque judex Et mulier peregrina vertit.

From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)