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

Fertur enim mulier fortissima sæpissime restitisse, quum diceret se gemmorum onera ferre non posse.

From Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra by Ware, William

So no doubt it was in ancient times; “nam fuit ante Helenam mulier teterrima belli causa.”

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) by Darwin, Charles

Thus:— mulier suī servandī causā aufūgit, the woman fled for the sake of saving herself; lēgātī in castra vēnērunt suī pūrgandī causā, the envoys came into camp for the purpose of clearing themselves.

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

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