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mulets

mulets is the plural of mulet.

Meaning of mulet

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...

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

Questions about mulets

What is mulets the plural of?
Mulets is the plural of mulet.

Words near mulets in the dictionary

  1. muleteers
  2. Muleton
  3. Muletons
  4. muletress
  5. muletresses
  6. mulets
  7. muletta
  8. mulettas
  9. muley
  10. Muley axle
  11. Muley axles

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