| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | mis·tral |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m s tr l, m-sträl |
| NOUN: | A dry cold northerly wind that blows in squalls toward the Mediterranean coast of southern France. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Provençal maestral, from Old Provençal, from Late Latin magistr lis, of a master, from Latin magister, master. See meg- in Appendix I.
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