missus

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a man's wife or female partner; informal, especially in British English

   I need to check the date with my missus before I accept the invitation.

2. 2
   noun

   an informal term used to address a woman

   Excuse me, missus, you dropped your scarf.

3. 3
   noun

   a spelling that represents the spoken form of Mrs

   The child pronounced Mrs Green as missus Green.

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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