Mrs vs Frau - What's the difference?
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(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):
*, chapter=12
, title= A woman, especially a German woman.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 12, author=Grace Glueck, title=Fun With Studio Crafts: When the Traditional Gets Quirky, work=New York Times
, passage=It presents Dürer’s mother as a sharp-nosed, world-weary German frau looking wryly out at life from under a decorous wimple. }}
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Mrs is a related term of frau.
As an initialism mrs
is materials research society.As a noun frau is
bridle, curb, check.mrs
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Abbreviation
(Mmes)- Mrs Malaprop said, “He’s as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.”
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.}}
Derived terms
* missus * missesSee also
* Ms * Miss * Dr * MrAnagrams
* English suppletive nounsfrau
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