Ms. Right

A form of Miss Right — A perfect, ideal or suitable female companion, especially a wife.

Meanings

nounMs. Right (plural Ms. Rights or Mses. Right)

plural Ms. Rights · plural Mses. Right

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Miss Right.

    We also believe that being Ms. Right goes a long way in helping women find or attract Mr. Right. There are certain qualities for which a Mr. Right is looking.

    2001, Stephen Arterburn, Finding Mr. Right: And How to Know When You Have, Thomas Nelson Inc, →ISBN
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    Somewhere on the main floor, just past the men’s ribbed turtlenecks, I saw a lonely bare-chested youth, holding his purebred wolfhounds at bay, awaiting Ms. Right. […] Alas, there two hundred other Mses. Right already lined up ten deep at Biba, at Mary Quant, at Revlon, and even at Estée Lauder’s Clinique, for the hyperallergic.

    1978, Lois Gould, “Guilty as Charged”, in Not Responsible for Personal Articles, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 80

    Somewhere your soul mate waits. You may have found him or her this time or you may have not. Some Mr. or Ms. Rights are more “right” than others. Yet there is enough “right” in all of us to warrant a full and unhindered outpouring of love from the Self within you.

    1988 February, Richard Reed, Janet Reed, “37 Million Eligible Singles Are Waiting to Be Loved by You”, in How to Create Love in Your Life […], Encino, Calif.: Prasad Press, →ISBN, page 135
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