Mule Definition

myo͝ol

mules

noun

mules

The hybrid offspring of a donkey and a horse; esp., the offspring of a jackass and a mare: mules are nearly always sterile.

Webster's New World

A hybrid animal, as the offspring of a canary and some other finch; esp., a sterile hybrid.

Webster's New World

A machine for drawing and spinning cotton fibers into yarn and winding the yarn on spindles.

Webster's New World

A small tractor or electric engine used to tow boats along a canal or move mine cars.

Webster's New World

A stubborn person.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Mule

Singular:

mule

Plural:

From Middle English (reinforced by Anglo-Norman mul (masculine), mule (feminine)), from Old English mÅ«l, all from Latin mÅ«lus, from Proto-Indo-European *mukslós (compare Late Latin muscellus 'young he-mule', Old Russian mÅÅ¡kÅ 'mule', Ancient Greek (Phocian) mychlós 'he-ass').

From Wiktionary
Probably French slipper possibly from Middle Dutch muil ultimately from Latin mulleus (calceus) reddish-purple (ceremonial shoe)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French mule (“slipper"), from Latin mulleus calceus (“red shoe"), from mullus (“red").

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French mul and from Old English mūl both from Latin mūlus

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition