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Missus vs Ms - What's the difference?

missus | ms |

As nouns the difference between missus and ms

is that missus is wife while Ms is a title used before an adult female's name or surname instead of Miss or Mrs.

As an abbreviation MS is

mississippi, a state of the United States of America.

missus

English

Noun

(es)
  • Wife.
    • Harry said he couldn't stop and chat because his missus wanted to go shopping.
    The missus has a list of chores for me to do this weekend.

    Synonyms

    * * Mrs (UK)

    Coordinate terms

    * miss * mister * mistress * madam * maiden * maid * master * matron ----

    ms

    Translingual

    Symbol

    (head)
  • The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Montserrat.
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