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- pluralrareplural of Mrs
In Rome, in Syracuse, in Athens, in Thebes, more than two or three thousand years ago, there was the bobbed-haired, painted, perfumed Miss and Mrs of today, and she inspired almost exactly the feelings that our painted and perfumed Misses and Mrses inspire, in the men.
2004 [1930], D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Do Women Change”, in James T[hompson] Boulton, editor, Late Essays and Articles (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H. Lawrence), Cambridge, Cambs.: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 151–1522 more examples
Mde Le Mise de Brehan est infiniment touchée des attentions aimables qu’elle a eprouvées de votre part et de celle de Mesdames Washington, Elle me charge de vous faire parvenir tous ses remercimens et de vous prier, Monsieur, de leur faire agréer ses sinceres complimens; permettez que j’aie l’honneur d’y joindre mes respectueux homages.
1788 November 21, [Elénor-François-Elie,] Le C[om]te de Moustier, anonymous translator, “From Moustier”, in Dorothy Twohig, editor, The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, volume 1 (September 1788–March 1789), Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, published 1987, →ISBN, page 122Only women already existing in the social margins became actresses.²⁶ For example, celebrated tragedienne Elizabeth Barry was an orphan, Nell Gwynn a barmaid raised in a brothel, Moll Davis the illegitimate daughter of a Colonel. Other actresses were the wives and daughters of male actors, as for example Mary Saunderson (Mrs Betterton) and (in a later period) Mrses Kean, Kemble and Siddons.
2003, Rob Baum, Female Absence: Women, Theatre, and Other Metaphors, Brussels: P.I.E.-Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 89Synonyms: Mmes
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Mrses. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mrses
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