Mrs
noun
/-səz/
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/ˈmɪs/
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- Abbreviation 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)
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Mr.
noun
/ˈmɪstəɹ/
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[ˈmɪstə(ɹ)]
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[ˈmɪstɚ]
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- (US, Canada) Abbreviation of mister. 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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