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Also spelled Missis

US /ˈmɪs.əz/ UK /ˈmɪsɪz/
Freq #8097

Meanings

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a man's wife or female... wifepartner
2 noun · an informal term used to... madam
3 noun · a spelling that represents... Mrs
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Word family
Forms missis’s
Related forms mistressmistermadam

Etymology

A spelling of the ordinary spoken form of Mrs. The abbreviation Mrs originally stood for mistress, once a general title for a woman and the feminine counterpart of master; its pronunciation later became detached from its written form.

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