Mrs. Definition

mĭsĭz
mmes
noun
Used as a courtesy title for a married or widowed woman before the surname or full name of her husband.
Mrs. Doe; Mrs. John Doe.
American Heritage
Used as a courtesy title for a married, widowed, or divorced woman before her own surname or full name.
Mrs. Doe; Mrs. Jane Doe.
American Heritage
Used in informal titles for a married woman to indicate the epitomizing of an attribute or activity.
Mrs. Wonderful; Mrs. Organization.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
abbreviation
Mistress.
Webster's New World
A title used before an adult female's name or surname. Usually used with the married surname.
Wiktionary

Origin of Mrs.

  • Abbreviation of mistress

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From mistress.

    From Wiktionary

Mrs. Sentence Examples

  • Jackson asked, "How long are you here, Mrs. Sidwell?"

  • Mrs Taylor had died early in 1651.

  • Concerning his second marriage, it suffices to say that the Baroness Imhoff was nearly forty years of age, with a family of grown-up children, when the complaisant law of her native land allowed her to become Mrs Hastings.

  • The Emma Willard School, founded as the Troy Female Seminary in 1821 by Mrs Emma Willard (1787-1870), 1 is one of the oldest schools for women in the United States.

  • On the death of her husband in 1811 Mrs Hood removed to Islington, where Thomas Hood had a schoolmaster who appreciated his talents, and, as he says, "made him feel it impossible not to take an interest in learning while he seemed so interested in teaching."

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