vir

[ veer ]

/ vɪər /

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noun Latin.

husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).

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How to use vir in a sentence

Is est Ioannes Biencurtius, vulg Potrincurtius, nobilis & magni animi vir.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Anaesthesia Sexualis status est in quo vir aut mulier omnino caret sensatione sexuali.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
Inter cetera multum prodesse deberet et profectum sacrarum arbuscularum, quod insignis vir.
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study|Edward Hutton
Ego vir videns paupertatem meam in virga indignationis ejus.
The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal|Blaise Pascal

He was a priest in a small village in the Rhineland, "multae vir lectionis."
A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies|Archer Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for vir

VIR

abbreviation for

Victoria Imperatrix Regina

Word Origin for VIR

Latin: Victoria, Empress and Queen

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