Mrs.

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

   Mrs Mal[aprop]. O, there's nothing to be hoped for from her! ſhe's as headſtrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.

2. 2
   noun

   a form of address for a married woman

3. 3
   name

   Initialism of Materials Research Society.

4. 4
   name

   Initialism of Melbourne Rectangular Stadium.

5. 5
   noun

   Initialism of magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

6. 6
   noun

   Initialism of mandibular repositioning splint.

7. 7
   noun

   Initialism of marginal rate of substitution.

8. 8
   noun

   Initialism of metabolic risk score.

Etymology

From mistress.