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

His text was “Fallax pulchritudo, mulier timens Deum laudabitur.”

From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883

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)

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

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

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

Hoc quoque dolore mulier permota, lecto protinus decubuit graviter infirmata; sentiensque morbum subrepere ad vitalia, liberos quos habuit superstites, monachum videlicet et monacham, per epistolam invitavit; advenientes autem voce singultiente alloquitur.

From Poems, 1799 by Southey, Robert