mister

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Coordinate terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Derived terms 1.5 Anagrams 2 Italian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.3 Anagrams 3 Polish 3.1 Noun 4 Portuguese 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Etymology 4.3 Adjective 4.4 Noun 5 Swedish 5.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈmɪstə/

[edit] Etymology 1

Unaccented variant of master

[edit] Noun

mister (plural misters)

1. Title conferred on an adult male.

   You may sit here, mister.

   • 1855, George Musalas Colvocoresses, Four Years in the Government Exploring Expedition, J. M. Fairchild & co., page 358:

     Fine day to see sights, gentlemen. Well, misters, here's the railing round the ground, and there's the paling round the tomb, eight feet deep, six feet long, and three feet wide.

   • 1908, Jack Brand, By Wild Waves Tossed: An Ocean Love Story, The McClure Company, page 90:

     There's only three misters aboard this ship, or, rather, there's only two.

[edit] Coordinate terms

• (title of adult male): master, mistress, Mrs., Miss, Ms., Dr., Doctor

[edit] Translations

[edit] Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman mester, meister (et al.), from Latin misterium.

[edit] Noun

mister (plural misters)

1. (obsolete) Someone's business or function; an occupation, employment, trade.
2. (obsolete) Need (of something).
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:

     for of your helpe I had grete mystir: For I drede me sore to passe this foreste.

3. (obsolete) Necessity; the necessary time.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.15:

     As for hym sayd kynge Carados, I wylle encountre with kynge bors, and ye wil rescowe me whan myster is [...].

[edit] Etymology 3

mist +‎ -er

[edit] Noun

mister (plural misters)

1. A device that makes or sprays mist.

   Odessa D. uses a mister Sunday to fight the 106-degree heat at a NASCAR race in Fontana, California.

[edit] Derived terms

• demister

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eimrst
• merits
• miters
• mitres
• remits
• smiter
• timers

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

English

[edit] Noun

mister m. inv.

1. mister (appellation)
2. (soccer) coach (trainer)

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eimrst
• stremi

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Noun

mister m.

1. Winner of a male beauty pageant.

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mjs'tɛɾ/

[edit] Etymology

Probably from Latin ministerium.

[edit] Adjective

mis.ter m (oxytone)

1. of the utmost importance: (Law);
2. necessary.

[edit] Noun

mis.ter m(oxytone)

1. office, position: in a profession; Syn.: work, employment, occupation, profession;
2. need - n.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Verb

mister

1. present tense of mista