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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg-, *(s)mugn-, *(s)mewgʰ- (“swindler, thief”). Cognate with English mitch, Old Irish formúighte, formúchthae (“hidden”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mūger m (genitive mūgrī); second declension
- A cheater in the game of dice
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
References
- “muger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- muger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Noun
muger f (plural mugeres)
- Archaic spelling of mujer.