Etymology

mitred

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Today it means: Wearing an abbot's or bishop's mitre. Full definition →

Middle English mytred
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommytred
  2. English todaymitred

From Middle English mytred; equivalent to mitre (“pointed hat”) + -ed.

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