Mr Right

A form of Mister Right — A perfect, ideal or suitable male companion, especially a husband.

Meanings

nounMr Right (plural Mr Rights or Messrs Right)

plural Mr Rights · plural Messrs Right

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Mister Right.

    Women looking for a Mr Right should give up after 30 and settle for a Mr ­Second Best or a Mr Right Now.

    2010 January 24, Amelia Hill, social affairs correspondent, “Women told to stop looking for Mr Right”, in The Observer, →ISSN
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    After an opening-credits montage that serves as a refresher course in the series, the film begins with the quartet of gal pals living with their respective Messrs Right.

    2008 June 1, Nicholas Barber, “Sex and the City, 15”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2010
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