mulier

English

Etymology

From Latin mulier (“woman”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmjuː.lɪə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

mulier (plural muliers)

1. (law, historical) A child born lawfully in wedlock, in distinction from an elder sibling born of the same parents before their marriage (bastard eigne).
   • 1908, Alfred John Horwood, Luke Owen Pike, Year books of the reign of King Edward the Third: Volume 15:

     Or suppose an inquest were taken between us, and it were found that they are muliers, for which reason the voucher stood, and they came and pleaded the same exception to escape from warranting as heirs, then two inquests would be taken […]

Derived terms

• mulierly
• mulierty

Related terms

• muliebrity

References

• “mulier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Muriel