Dictionary

Mrs en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɪs/ US dialects, especially Southern US, Michigan
• /-səz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• mĭs US dialects, especially Southern US, Michigan
• /ˈmɪs.ɪz/ (General-American)
• (General-American) audio
• /ˈmɪz/ US dialects, especially Southern US, Michigan
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• /ˈmɪs.ɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-sɪs/ (General-American)

Etymology

Contraction of mistress.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Missus or Mistress; used before an adult woman's name or surname, used for any high-status woman without regard to marital status until the 1800s, after which it began to be reserved for married, divorced and widowed women and used with their married surnames.
   alt of Missus or Mistress
   • Mrs Mal[aprop]. O, there's nothing to be hoped for from her! ſhe's as headſtrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile. 1775 January 17 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The Rivals, a Comedy. […], London: […] John Wilkie, […], published 1775, →OCLC, Act III, scene iii, page 52:
   • There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […] and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
   • In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat. 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter IV, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the first (The Maiden), pages 40–41:
2. A title used for a woman before a place name, thing, or description that she is supposed to typify or represent. #
   • Mrs Cheerful

Forms

Deriveds

misses · Mrs. Grundy · Mrs Miggins · Mrs. degree · missus

Descendants

מיסעס · মিসেস

Relateds

Ms. · Miss · Ms

Synonyms

Ms.

Translations (101)

mi Mihi (title before a woman's name) · fi Rva (title before a woman's name) · ru ми́ссис (title before a woman's name) · sh го̏спођа (title before a woman's name) · ms puan (title before a woman's name) · fr Mme (title before a woman's name) · es Señora (title before a woman's name) · lt Ponia (title before a woman's name) · ru мада́м (title before a woman's name) · ia sra (title before a woman's name) · ja -夫人 (title before a woman's name) · tl Ginang (title before a woman's name) · he גְּבֶרֶת (title before a woman's name) · fa مادام (title before a woman's name) · hy տ-ն (title before a woman's name) · ga Bh (title before a woman's name) · ur صاحبہ (title before a woman's name) · lt ponia (title before a woman's name) · et Pr (title before a woman's name) · sh gȍspođa (title before a woman's name) · ka ქალბატონი (title before a woman's name) · uk мі́сіс (title before a woman's name) · af mev. (title before a woman's name) · sw Bi (title before a woman's name) · ca Na (title before a woman's name) · ja -様 (title before a woman's name) · fi rva (title before a woman's name) · cmn -太太 (title before a woman's name) · pt Sra (title before a woman's name) · pl p. (Pani) (title before a woman's name) · eo S-ino (title before a woman's name) · fa خانم (title before a woman's name) · sh гђа (title before a woman's name) · he גב׳ (title before a woman's name) · hi श्रीमती (title before a woman's name) · kea nha (title before a woman's name) · cmn -夫人 (title before a woman's name) · mk госпоѓа (title before a woman's name) · cs p. (title before a woman's name) · id Ibu (title before a woman's name) · th คุณ (title before a woman's name) · el κα (title before a woman's name) · be па́ні (title before a woman's name) · ro Dna (title before a woman's name) · sh gđa (title before a woman's name) · ko -씨 (title before a woman's name) · mg Ramatoa (title before a woman's name) · tl Gng. (title before a woman's name) · ru госпожа́ (title before a woman's name) · tl Misis (title before a woman's name) · no Fr (title before a woman's name) · pl pani (title before a woman's name) · sl gospá (title before a woman's name) · cs paní (title before a woman's name) · mn -гуай (title before a woman's name) · ia seniora (title before a woman's name) · de Fr. (title before a woman's name) · is fr. (title before a woman's name) · sv fru (title before a woman's name) · dsb kněni (title before a woman's name) · hi जी (title before a woman's name) · cs pí (title before a woman's name) · ja -さん (title before a woman's name) · ar سَيِّدَة (title before a woman's name) · hu -né (title before a woman's name) · ca Sra. (title before a woman's name) · ru г-жа (title before a woman's name) · hy տկն. (title before a woman's name) · ca N' (prevocalic) (title before a woman's name) · es Sra. (title before a woman's name) · vi cô (title before a woman's name) · mk г-ѓа (title before a woman's name) · it Sig.ra (title before a woman's name) · hi साहिबा (title before a woman's name) · nl mevrouw (title before a woman's name) · no fru (title before a woman's name) · sl Ga (title before a woman's name) · bg госпожа́ (title before a woman's name) · km អ្នកស្រី (title before a woman's name) · mn хатагтай (title before a woman's name) · id Nyonya (title before a woman's name) · gd A' Bh (title before a woman's name) · nl mevr. (title before a woman's name) · be спада́рыня (title before a woman's name) · hy տիկին (title before a woman's name) · uk па́ні (title before a woman's name) · tn mma (title before a woman's name) · nl mw. (title before a woman's name) · ar مَدَام (title before a woman's name) · da fr. (title before a woman's name) · ko -님 (title before a woman's name) · kmr xanim (title before a woman's name) · st Mme (title before a woman's name) · be мі́сіс (title before a woman's name) · fr Mme. (title before a woman's name) · th นาง (title before a woman's name) · sk pani (title before a woman's name) · mt Sinjura (title before a woman's name) · yi מיסעס (title before a woman's name) · vi bà (title before a woman's name) · ko 미시스 (title before a woman's name)