Miss
English
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Etymology
[edit]From mistress.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: mĭs, IPA(key): /mɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈmɪz/
- Rhymes: -ɪs
Noun
[edit]- A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.
- With a surname.
- These are the two young ladies that I wanted you to meet, Miss Jones and Miss Robinson.
- With a full name.
- The victim was named as Miss Jane Doe.
- (dated or regional) With a first name only.
- Excuse me Ma'am, will Miss Julia and Miss Emily be staying for tea?
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
- (dated) Used alone.
- Good morning, Miss. May I help you?
- With a surname.
- A form of address for a female teacher or a waitress.
- Excuse me, Miss, Donny's been pinching my pencils again.
- Used in title of the (female) winner of a beauty contest, or certain other types of contest, prefixing the country or other region that she represents, or the category of contest.
- Ladies and gentlemen, please give a round of applause to our lovely new Miss Yorkshire!
- And I can now announce that this year's Miss Personality is ... Doris Miggins!
- (often disparaging or sarcastic) Used in a mock title to point out some quality, or alleged quality, of a girl or woman.
- Don't ask me, ask Miss know-it-all over there.
Usage notes
[edit]- When referring to people with the same name, either of two forms may be used: Misses Brown or Miss Browns.
- Both Miss and Mrs are frequently replaced by Ms in current usage.
- In the US, the use of Miss with a first name only, as in Miss Julia, was common in the Southern US only. Elsewhere only the full or last names were possible: Miss Brown, Miss Julia Brown. In the UK, Miss with a first name only was formerly associated with the speech of servants or lower-class persons when addressing or referring to their superiors.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (titles) (of a man): Mr (Mister, mister), Sir (sir); (of a woman): Ms (Miz, mizz), Mrs (Mistress, mistress), Miss (miss), Dame (dame), Madam (madam, ma'am); (of a non-binary person): Mx (Mixter); (see also): Dr (Doctor, doctor) (Category: en:Titles)
Derived terms
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Anagrams
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[edit]Noun
[edit]Miss f (genitive Miss, plural Misses or (beauty queen) Missen)
- Miss (form of address)
- title for a beauty queen
- Miss Deutschland ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Miss [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]- Misswahl (“beauty contest”)
Further reading
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