Mrs

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UK/ˈmɪs.ɪz/UK/-səz/US/-sɪs//ˈmɪs/

noun

A title used for a woman before a place name, thing, or description that she is supposed to typify or represent.

“Mrs Cheerful”

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Meanings

Mrs1

nounMrs (plural Mmes or Mesdames or (rare) Mrses)

plural Mmes · plural Mesdames · plural rare Mrses · alternative obsolete Mris. · alternative Canada US Mrs.

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Missus or Mistress; used before an adult woman's name or surname, used for any high-status woman without regard to marital status until the 1800s, after which it began to be reserved for married, divorced and widowed women and used with their married surnames.

    Mrs Mal[aprop]. O, there's nothing to be hoped for from her! ſhe's as headſtrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.

    1775 January 17 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The Rivals, a Comedy. […], London: […] John Wilkie, […], published 1775, →OCLC, Act III, scene iii, page 52
    2 more examples

    In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.

    1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter IV, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the first (The Maiden), pages 40–41

    There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […] and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.

    1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
  2. A title used for a woman before a place name, thing, or description that she is supposed to typify or represent.

    Mrs Cheerful

    Synonyms: Ms.

MRS2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Materials Research Society.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Melbourne Rectangular Stadium.
nounMRS (countable and uncountable, plural MRSes)

plural MRSes

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of mandibular repositioning splint.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of marginal rate of substitution.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of metabolic risk score.
  5. abbreviationcountableellipsisslanguncountableEllipsis of MRS degree

MRs3

noun
  1. pluralplural of MR

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA title used for a woman before a place name, thing, or description that she is supposed to typify or represent.

Similar
Ms.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna form of address for a married woman

Similar
Mrs.
Broader
titletitle of respectform of address
Also see
goodwifemissus

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Contraction of mistress.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans mev.
  • mev.title before a woman's name
Arabic سَيِّدَة, مَدَام
  • سَيِّدَة (sayyida)title before a woman's name
  • مَدَام (madām)title before a woman's name
Bulgarian госпожа́
  • госпожа́ (gospožá)title before a woman's name
Catalan Na, N' (prevocalic)
  • Natitle before a woman's name
  • N' (prevocalic)title before a woman's name
  • Sra.title before a woman's name
Chinese Mandarin -夫人, -太太
  • -夫人 (-fūrén)title before a woman's name
  • -太太 (-tàitài)title before a woman's name
Czech p., pí
  • p.title before a woman's name
  • pítitle before a woman's name
  • panítitle before a woman's name
Danish fr.
  • fr.title before a woman's name
Dutch mevr., mw.
  • mevr.title before a woman's name
  • mw.title before a woman's name
  • mevrouwtitle before a woman's name
Esperanto S-ino
  • S-inotitle before a woman's name
Estonian Pr
  • Prtitle before a woman's name
Finnish Rva, rva
  • Rvatitle before a woman's name
  • rvatitle before a woman's name
French Mme., Mme
  • Mme.title before a woman's name
  • Mmetitle before a woman's name
German Fr.
  • Fr.title before a woman's name
Greek κα
  • κα (ka)title before a woman's name
Hebrew גב׳, גְּבֶרֶת
  • גב׳ (gvéret)title before a woman's name
  • גְּבֶרֶת (gvéret)title before a woman's name
Hindi जी, श्रीमती
  • जी (jī)title before a woman's name
  • श्रीमती (śrīmtī)title before a woman's name
  • साहिबा (sāhibā)title before a woman's name
Hungarian -né
  • -nétitle before a woman's name
Icelandic fr.
  • fr.title before a woman's name
Indonesian Ibu, Nyonya
  • Ibutitle before a woman's name
  • Nyonyatitle before a woman's name
Irish Bh
  • Bhtitle before a woman's name
Italian Sig.ra
  • Sig.ratitle before a woman's name
Japanese -夫人, -さん
  • -夫人 (-fujin)title before a woman's name
  • -さん (-san)title before a woman's name
  • -様 (-sama)title before a woman's name
Korean -씨, -님
  • -씨 (-ssi)title before a woman's name
  • -님 (-nim)title before a woman's name
  • 미시스 (misiseu)title before a woman's name
Lithuanian Ponia, ponia
  • Poniatitle before a woman's name
  • poniatitle before a woman's name
Malay puan
  • puantitle before a woman's name
Māori Mihi
  • Mihititle before a woman's name
Norwegian fru, Fr
  • frutitle before a woman's name
  • Frtitle before a woman's name
Persian خانم, مادام
  • خانم (xânom)title before a woman's name
  • مادام (mâdâm)title before a woman's name
Polish p. (Pani), pani
  • p. (Pani)title before a woman's name
  • panititle before a woman's name
Portuguese Sra
  • Sratitle before a woman's name
Romanian Dna
  • Dnatitle before a woman's name
Russian госпожа́, г-жа
  • госпожа́ (gospožá)title before a woman's name
  • г-жа (g-ža)title before a woman's name
  • мада́м (madám)title before a woman's name
  • ми́ссис (míssis)title before a woman's name
Scottish Gaelic A' Bh
  • A' Bhtitle before a woman's name
Slovak pani
  • panititle before a woman's name
Spanish Sra., Señora
  • Sra.title before a woman's name
  • Señoratitle before a woman's name
Swahili Bi
  • Bititle before a woman's name
Swedish fru
  • frutitle before a woman's name
Tagalog Ginang, Gng.
  • Ginangtitle before a woman's name
  • Gng.title before a woman's name
  • Misistitle before a woman's name
Thai นาง, คุณ
  • นาง (naang)title before a woman's name
  • คุณ (kun)title before a woman's name
Ukrainian па́ні, мі́сіс
  • па́ні (páni)title before a woman's name
  • мі́сіс (mísis)title before a woman's name
Urdu صاحبہ
  • صاحبہ (sāhiba)title before a woman's name
Vietnamese bà, cô
  • bàtitle before a woman's name
  • côtitle before a woman's name
Yiddish מיסעס
  • מיסעס (mises)title before a woman's name

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Mrs

misses
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Sounds the same

MissesmissesMsmiss (see further homophones in Ms)

Anagrams

MSRRSM
Cite this entry
APA

Mrs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mrs

MLA

“Mrs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mrs. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mrs,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mrs.

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