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Mrs vs Ma - What's the difference?

mrs | ma |

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

{{surname|common|from=Chinese}} of East Asian derivation.

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.}}

    Derived terms

    * missus * misses

    See also

    * Ms * Miss * Dr * Mr

    ma

    Translingual

    Symbol

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