(noun) a strong cold dry northerly wind of southern France / (biographical name) Frédéric 1830–1914 Provençal poet / (biographical name) Gabriela 1889–1957 originally Lucila Godoy Alcayaga Chilean poet & educ.
My last day there a mistral came up, a cold and violent wind that ripped through Marseille with no consideration for anything not bolted down.