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  • mitre
    mitre
    noun
    a variant of miter.
  • Mitre
    Mitre
    noun
    Bartolomé 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
Synonyms

mitre

1 American  
[mahy-ter] / ˈmaɪ tər /

noun

mitred, mitring

  1. Chiefly British. a variant of miter.

Mitre 2 American  
[mee-trey, mee-tre] / ˈmi treɪ, ˈmi trɛ /

noun

  1. Bartolomé 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.

mitre British  
/ ˈmaɪtə /

noun

  1. Christianity the liturgical headdress of a bishop or abbot, in most western churches consisting of a tall pointed cleft cap with two bands hanging down at the back

  2. short for mitre joint

  3. a bevelled surface of a mitre joint

  4. (in sewing) a diagonal join where the hems along two sides meet at a corner of the fabric

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verb

  1. to make a mitre joint between (two pieces of material, esp wood)

  2. to make a mitre in (a fabric)

  3. to confer a mitre upon

    a mitred abbot
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Etymology

Origin of mitre

C14: from Old French, from Latin mitra, from Greek mitra turban

Example Sentences

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The 25-year-old was reported missing on May 4 after failing to return from a solo hike up Mitre Peak, a steep mountain in Milford Sound area of Fiordland National Park on the country's South Island.

From BBC • May 11, 2025

Mitre said it based its analysis on the difficulty and the technical skill and time required for the proposed attacks.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2023

The summit was held at the Northern Virginia offices of Mitre, a nonprofit research group with close ties to the FAA.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023

“I was afraid of Luis at the beginning,” Mitre says, laughing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2023

Achatina emarginata 84 Mitre, thick 88 fasciata 74 Muscipeta, Gen. Char.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

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