Mrs
noun
/ˈmɪs/
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/ˈmɪsəz/
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/ˈmɪsɪz/
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/ˈmɪz/
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- (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)
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Fr.
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Mr.
noun
/ˈmɪstəɹ/
,
[ˈmɪstə(ɹ)]
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[ˈmɪstɚ]
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- (US, Canada) A title used before the surname in theory, though not generally in practice, above some undefined social level, too old to be addressed as “Master”, not a knight or of some higher rank, and, in Britain though not in the United States, not entitled to be addressed as “Dr.”.
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Hr.,
Herr
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