vir

American

[veer] / vɪər /

noun

Latin.

husband (used chiefly in the legal phraseet vir ).

VIR British

abbreviation

Victoria Imperatrix Regina

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Etymology

Origin of VIR

Latin: Victoria, Empress and Queen

Example Sentences

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By using falsehood to regain his liberty, Galileo vir- tually lost it.

From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Eddy, Mary Baker

A iuuene et Cupido credatur reddita vir- go? whiche is in Englysshe.

From The Art or Crafte of Rhetoryke by Cox, Leonard, ca. 1495-

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