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

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

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

Si mulier est vidua non solum debet omitti benedictio nuptiarum, sed etiam, missa propria pro sponso et sponsa.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 by Various

Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle Quam mihi, non si se Iuppiter ipse petat.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle    quam mihi, non si se Iuppiter ipse petat.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

Vertiginosus, inops, surdus, male gratus amicis; Non campana sonans, tonitru non ab Jove missum, Quod mage mirandum, saltem si credere fas est, Non clamosa meas mulier jam percutit aures.

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 by Browning, William Ernst