mitra

¹

[ mahy-truh ]

noun

, Botany.

1. the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
2. a galea.

Mitra

²

[ mee-truh ]

noun

, Hinduism.

1. the Vedic god of justice.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mitra¹

1630–40; < Latin: head band; miter

Example Sentences

After the release of the report, the first public allegation came from Bengali actress Sreelekha Mitra, who accused well-known director Ranjith of sexually harassing her a few years ago.

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Mitra has filed a police complaint.

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“During my on-call duty, I took my father with me. Everyone laughed, but I had to sleep in a room tucked away in a long, dark corridor with a locked iron gate that only the nurse could open if a patient arrived,” Dr Mitra wrote in a Facebook post over the weekend.

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Years later, during an emergency shift at a government hospital, “a group of drunk men passed by me, creating a ruckus, and one of them even groped me”, Dr Mitra said.

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“Nothing will change... The expectation will be that doctors should work round the clock and endure abuse as a norm,” says Dr Mitra.

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