Meanings
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plural MSes
- abbreviationcountableuncountableplural MSSAbbreviation of manuscript.
- countableuncountablenauticalM/S: Initialism of motor ship.
- abbreviationinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of multiple sclerosis.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableacademicsInitialism of Master of Science.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of middle school.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecriminologyInitialism of murder-suicide.
- abbreviationAbbreviation of Mato Grosso do Sul: a state of Brazil.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Microsoft: an American multinational technology company founded in 1975.
- abbreviationAbbreviation of Mississippi: a state of the United States.
- abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of Morgan Stanley.
According to a list of participants on the forum’s website, the CEOs of Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) still plan to go. Both banks declined to comment. But a person familiar with the situation said Goldman’s Lloyd Blankfein was “unlikely to attend.”
2014 May 2, Mark Thompson and Aaron Smith, “U.S. presses CEOs to skip Russia’s Davos”, in CNN Business
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plural Mss · plural Mses · alternative Ms. · alternative M/s
- Title used before an adult woman's name or surname, especially when it is not desired or possible to indicate her marital status with Miss or Mrs.
Ms Jane Doe; Ms. Roe
1 more example
‘[…] I don’t know how to thank you for this, Mrs Stevenson.’ ‘It’s Ms to my business associates and Anna to you,’ […]
1995, Stephen King, “The Kindness of Strangers”, in Rose Madder, London: BCA [Book Club Associates], →OCLC, section 7, page 55 - Title used for a woman before a place, name, thing, or description that she is supposed to typify or represent.
Ms Efficiency and Ms Right
Synonyms: Mrs.
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- abbreviationuncountablechemistryAbbreviation of mesyl.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounTitle used for a woman before a place, name, thing, or description that she is supposed to typify or represent.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
nounthe form of a literary work submitted for publication
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Ms · noun
Found since the 1600s as an abbreviation of mistress (whence also Miss and Mrs), a title which initially did not indicate marital status. Suggestions that the term be revived began in 1901, and referenced the fact that dialects such as Southern US English already made no distinction between Miss and Mrs (/ˈmɪz/) in speech. With the founding of the magazine Ms. in 1971, the term quickly became widespread as an alternative to Miss and Mrs., which require knowing (and publicizing) the referent's marital status.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans ms
- mstitle
Chinese Mandarin 女士
- 女士 (nǚshì)title
Esperanto s-ino
- s-inotitle
French Mme
- Mmetitle
German Frau
- Frautitle
Greek Δις, Δδα
- Δις (Dis)title
- Δδα (Dda)title
Italian Sig.ra
- Sig.ratitle
Polish panna, panienka
- pannatitle
- panienkatitle
Russian госпожа́, г-жа
- госпожа́ (gospožá)title
- г-жа (g-ža)title
Spanish Señora, Sra.
- Señoratitle
- Sra.title
Swedish fru
- frutitle
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
ms. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ms
“ms.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ms. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ms,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ms.
Source: ms on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.