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UXOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does uxor mean?
• UXOR (noun)
The noun UXOR has 1 sense:
1. (legal terminology) the Latin word for wife
Familiarity information: UXOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(legal terminology) the Latin word for wife
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
ux.; uxor
Hypernyms ("uxor" is a kind of...):
married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
uxorial (befitting or characteristic of a wife)
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