Mister Right en · NOUN
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(idiomatic) A perfect, ideal or suitable male companion, especially a husband.
The husband-hunt had been a failure. Carlo had taken at least a dozen potential Misters Right on test runs of longer or shorter duration—perhaps a few lines of IM [instant messaging], perhaps a couple of promising dates, or sexual calisthenics.
2005 December 7, Scott & Scott [pseudonym; Scott Pomfret; Scott Whittier], chapter 8, in Nothing Personal (Romentics: A Novel Approach to Gay Romance), [North Charleston, S.C.]: BookSurge, →ISBN, page 50:She waited for years and years, hoping someday to find Mister Right.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Right | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Mr Right | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Mister Rights | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Misters Right | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (9)
da Prinsen på den hvide hest (perfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband) · cmn 白馬王子 /白马王子 (perfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband) · pl książę z bajki (perfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband) · cmn 如意郎君 (perfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband) · vi bạch mã hoàng tử (perfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband) · vi ý trung nhân (perfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband) · nl ware Jakob (perfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband) · yi דער זיווג (perfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband) · cmn 真命天子 (perfect, ideal or suitable male mate or husband)