Mule

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English

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Etymology

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Various origins:

  • A nickname for a stubborn person, from Middle English mule (mule) or, alternatively, an occupational surname for a driver of pack animals.
  • Borrowed from Italian Mulè.
  • Borrowed from French Mule.

Proper noun

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Mule (plural Mules)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Mule is the 19027th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1431 individuals. Mule is most common among White (90.36%) individuals.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Hunsrik

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Alternative forms

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  • muule (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

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    Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese mula.[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    Mule m (plural Mule, diminutive Mulche)

    1. mule (hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)
      • 2022 November, Naye Testamënt Tswaayxproochich [Bilingual New Testament], Barueri: Sociedade Bíblica do Brasil, →ISBN, Luke 13:15:
        Too hot te Hër keantwort: — Teyer xayn hayliche! Am samstach keet yeete eene fon aych an te xtal un pint sayne oks ore sayne muule ap un nëmt em fer waser trinke.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Derived terms

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    nouns

    References

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    1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Mule”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 114, column 1