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Meanings of mulla in English

Portuguese
mulá

A Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque.

        mulá
        Usage of mulla in English
        1
        They called him 'murree mulla' (a large strong man).
        A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
        2
        There were no longer any protests from priests or mullahs or relatives.
        The Rains Came
        3
        He wanted Americans to ignore his foreign-policy realignment with despots and mullahs.
        The post-american presidency: the obama administration's war on ...
        4
        Women complain that the mullahs have them helpless in the refugee camps.
        The new yorker
        5
        The government or the military or the mullahs control the press.
        The Irish Times
        6
        But fundamentalist mullahs, who helped install the current government, have become increasingly powerful.
        The new yorker
        7
        They were cancelled due to opposition from the mullahs, he said.
        The Guardian
        8
        Vested interests from the military to the mullahs have been indulged.
        The Guardian
        9
        Then came about four hundred mullahs and learned men, who did the same.
        Mystics and Saints of Islam
        10
        The UN's atomic watchdogs are worried that the mullahs just might.
        Wired
        11
        Mullahs very bad.' He drew a finger, knife-style, across his neck.
        Exit wound
        12
        Najibullah put twenty thousand mullahs on his payroll to counter the rebels' religious messages.
        Ghost wars
        13
        Turbaned mullahs enter the building on their way to class.
        The Guardian
        14
        Mulla Osman was the commander of anti-government operations in the country's northeast, it said.
        Reuters
        15
        The comparison group also excluded male homosexuals, surgeons, politicians, priests, rabbis, ministers, and mullahs.
        Dayworld Rebel
        16
        Imagine over half the world's oil in the hands of the mullahs in Tehran.
        Man in the Middle
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for mulla
        Portuguese
        mulá
        Mulla through the time