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vir

Legal Definition of vir

Etymology

    Latin Origin

Noun

  1. Man or husband. Vir et uxor censentur in lege una persona is an old (and long abandoned in most countries) legal principle meaning that man and wife are considered to be one person in law.

Etymology

    Latin origin

Definition of vir

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognates include Sanskrit वीर (vīrá), Old Prussian wijrs, Old Irish fer, Old Norse verr, Ossetian ир (ir, “Ossetians”) and Old English wer (English were-).

Pronunciation

Noun

vir (genitive virī); m, second declension

  1. man, male human
  2. grown man
  3. brave man, hero
  4. husband
  5. (in military contexts) footsoldier
  6. vocative singular of vir

References:

  1. Wiktionary. Published under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.



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