"mistry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mistries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mistry (plural mistries)
  1. (India) Alternative form of maistry (“foreman or artisan”) Tags: India, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: maistry (extra: foreman or artisan)
    Sense id: en-mistry-en-noun-uhwAJhOk Categories (other): Indian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /mɪsˈtɹaɪ/ Forms: mistries [present, singular, third-person], mistrying [participle, present], mistried [participle, past], mistried [past]
Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: From mis- + try, as a back-formation of mistrial. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|try}} mis- + try, {{backform|en|mistrial|nocap=1}} back-formation of mistrial Head templates: {{en-verb}} mistry (third-person singular simple present mistries, present participle mistrying, simple past and past participle mistried)
  1. (transitive, law) To declare a mistrial in (a court case). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-mistry-en-verb-31LG4eoD Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 45 55 Topics: law
  2. (intransitive, law) (of a court case) To end in a mistrial. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-mistry-en-verb-iwMXz~I0 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 38 48 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 40 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 41 53 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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