messieurs

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/mɛˈsjɜː(ɹ)z//ˈmɛsə(ɹ)z/

A form of mister — Alternative spelling of Mister, especially when used as a form of address without a name.

UncommonScrabble 11

Meanings

messieurs1

noun
  1. pluralplural of monsieur

Messieurs2

noun
  1. pluralplural of Mister

    It is a draft on Messieurs Smith and Payne, payable to the lord advocate, for the sum of [...]

    1821, Thomas Bayly Howell, Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials, and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period [1163] to the Present Time [1820] ..., page 831
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    Two of the demands which it is proposed to make upon the Zulu King relate to the outrage by Sirayo's sons committed in August last in Natal territory, and to the act of interference by certain Zulus with Messieurs Smith and Deighton whilst [...]

    1879, “Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute”, in Royal Colonial Institute, Great Britain, page 142

    It will appear by the Minutes sent You to June i6th last, and by those which accompany this Letter, that Messieurs Smith and Schlatter have done their Part; [...]

    1880, Horace Wemyss Smith, Life and Correspondence of the Rev. William Smith, D. D.: First Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia. First President of Washington College, Maryland. With Copious Extracts from His Writings, page 140
  2. pluralplural of Monsieur
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APA

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Chicago

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