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mulet

mulet noun: a male mule.

Noun (1)

mulet (plural mulets)

  1. (obsolete) A male mule.
    • After that Huon and the good Abbot had deuised together of diuers things, Huon wrote a Letter vnto his men being at Tournous, that they should come vnto him to the Abbey of Cluny, hee sent a Gentleman of the Abbey to fetch them, and when hée was come to Tournous, and had deliuered his Letters vnto...1601, The Ancient, Honorable, Famous, and Delighfull Historie of Huon of Bourdeaux, One of the Peeres of Fraunce, and Duke of Guyenne Enterlaced with the Loue of Many Ladies, as Also the Fortunes and...
    • Of Mules, Male and Female. Qu. VVHy is it that the Mulets beget not, nor the Mules can conceive?1637, R[obert] B[asset], transl., Curiosities: or the Cabinet of Nature Containing Phylosophical, Naturall, and Morall Questions Fully Answered and Resolved, London: […] N. and I. Okes, page 54

Noun (2)

mulet (plural mulets)

  1. A fine, a penalty paid for an offense.
    • Art. 22. In case of inability on the part of the offender to pay such mulet, or any part thereof,—power to the Judge , to commit him or her to prison for such term […]1843, Jeremy Bentham, The Works of Jeremy Bentham: Defence of usury, page 380
    • […] up to our officers in the Duffla villages, with some herds of cattle demanded of them as a substantial mulet or fine.1875, “The” Illustrated London News, page 287

mulet meaning in Bengali

mulet in Bengali

এক ধরনের মাছ, মুলার

Forms of mulet

pluralmulets

Origin of mulet

Borrowed from Middle French mulet.

Questions about mulet

What does mulet mean?
Mulet means a male mule.
What is mulet in Bengali?
Mulet in Bengali is এক ধরনের মাছ, মুলার. See Mulet meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is mulet?
Mulet is a noun.
What is the plural of mulet?
The plural of mulet is mulets.

Words near mulet in the dictionary

  1. mulesing
  2. muleskin
  3. muleskinner
  4. muleskinners
  5. muleskins
  6. mulet
  7. muleta
  8. muletas
  9. muleteer
  10. muleteering
  11. muleteers

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