Mrs
/ˈmɪsɪz
/ /ˈmɪsɪs/noun
The title used before a surname or full name to address or refer to a married woman without a higher or honorific or professional title: Mrs Sally Jones...
- The only thing left was to ask Nick to buy an extra return ticket for the ferry Tuesday afternoon in the name of a Mrs S. Owen, but pay cash for this one.
- On the appeal a Mrs Tunstall, a professional psychologist, gave evidence.
- Although he never married, his long relationship with a Mrs Louisa Barrow produced four children, all of whom bore his name.
Origin
Early 17th century: abbreviation of mistress; compare with missus.
- stop someone dead
- stop someone short
- stop someone's mouth
- stop something down
- stop something out
- stop-start
- stopstreet
- stop the show
- stop time
- stop up
- stop valve
- stop volley
- stopwatch
- stopword
- stopwork meeting
- storable
- storage
- storage battery
- storage cell
- storage device
- storage heater
- storage ring
- storax
- store
- store-and-forward