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 

• UXOR (noun)

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)