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Mrs is a related term of dame.


As an initialism mrs

is materials research society.

As a verb dame is

.

mrs

English

Abbreviation

(Mmes)
  • (UK) 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.”
  • *, chapter=12
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=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.}}

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    * (title for adult female) * (title for a married adult female)

    Derived terms

    * missus * misses

    See also

    * Ms * Miss * Dr * Mr

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    * English suppletive nouns

    dame

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) The .
    • Dame Edith Sitwell
  • (dated, informal, slightly, derogatory, US) A woman.
  • * 1949 , (Oscar Hammerstein II), "(There is Nothing Like a Dame)",
    • There ain't nothin' like a dame'! / Nothin' in the world! / There is nothin' you can name / That is anythin' like a ' dame !
  • A traditional character in British pantomime, a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
  • (archaic) , woman.

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