English

Alternative forms

• Mrs. (US, Canada)

Abbreviation

Mrs ‎(plural Mmes)

1. A title used before an adult female's name or surname. Traditionally reserved for married individuals and used with the married surname.
   • 1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals:

     Mrs Malaprop said, “He’s as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.”

   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles , chapter IV

     In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking beatitude; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.

   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 12, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.

Coordinate terms

• (titles) (of a man): Mr (Mister, mister), Sir (sir); (of a woman): Ms (Miz, mizz), Mrs (Mistress, mistress), Miss (miss), Dame (dame), (of a non-binary person): Mx (Mixter); (see also): Dr (Doctor, doctor), Madam (madam, ma'am) ^{(Category: en:Titles)}

Related terms

• Ms / Ms. (title for adult female)
• Miss

Derived terms

• missus
• misses

Translations

Anagrams

• RMS, RSM

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

mȓs m ‎(Cyrillic spelling мр̑с)

1. food containing meat and animal fat
2. fast-free/non-fast days

Declension

References

• “mrs” in Hrvatski jezični portal