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missus en · NOUN

Representing a common pronunciation of Mrs, a reduced form of Mistress.

(Australia, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial) Wife or girlfriend.
- The missus has a list of chores for me to do this weekend.
- Harry said he couldn't stop and chat because his missus wanted to go shopping.
- I thought there might be trouble with the missus if I engaged a one-time murderer as nursemaid. 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 208:
- Sometimes I find myself sitting back and reminiscing / Especially when I have to watch other people kissing / And I remember when you started calling me your missus / All the play fighting, all the flirtatious disses 2006, “Littlest Things”, in Alright, Still, performed by Lily Allen:
- Imagine you have driven past a restaurant and thought to yourself, 'That would be a nice place to take the missus for an evening out,' and in no time at all you have found yourself flicking through the Yellow Pages in search of the phonenumber. 2013, Jeff Jenkins, Watching The World, Andrews UK Limited, →ISBN:
(Australia, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial) Term of address for a woman.
- Look ere Missus! Little Joey's me bruvva. E stays wiv me. We aint goin ter be split up. 2013, C. S. Peters, On a Wing and a Prayer, page 161:
- 'Scuse me missus, but your petticoat's showing.

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
missis		alternative	lexicographic
missuses	Number=Plur		lexicographic