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mire

“mire” is a Romanian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. bridegroom
  2. soldier

In Romanian

  1. nume purtat de bărbat în ziua sau în preajma căsătoriei sale.
  2. (la pl.) nume dat, în ziua sau în preajma căsătoriei, celor două persoane care se căsătoresc.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mīles (“soldier”). The original sense of soldier is still attested in some Christmas carols. The semantic evolution originates in Roman law, which granted soldiers the right to marry only upon their release from service as veterans (see also: bătrân). Consequently, once married, a man was no longer a miles. It is less likely that the sense of bridegroom arose as a semantic…

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