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Definition of mufti noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mufti

noun
 
/ˈmʌfti/
 
/ˈmʌfti/
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  1. [countable]
    (also Mufti)
    a Muslim who is an expert in legal matters connected with Islam
  2. [uncountable] (old-fashioned) ordinary clothes worn by people such as soldiers who wear uniform in their job
    • officers in mufti
    3. Word Originsense 1 late 16th cent.: from Arabic muftī, active participle of 'aftā ‘decide a point of law’.sense 2 early 19th cent.: perhaps humorously from mufti (sense 1).
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