Mrs vs Ma - What's the difference?
mrs | ma |
(UK) A title used before an adult female's name or surname. Traditionally reserved for married individuals and used with the married surname.
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As abbreviations the difference between mrs and ma
is that mrs is a title used before an adult female's name or surname. Traditionally reserved for married individuals and used with the married surname while MA is massachusetts, a state of the United States of America.As an initialism MRS
is materials Research Society.As an acronym ma is
milli-arcsecond.As a noun ma is
mother, mama.As a proper noun Ma is
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English
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.}}