Mr.
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mr"
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Abbreviation of Mister.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: mĭsʹ-tər, IPA(key): /ˈmɪstəɹ/
- (UK) IPA(key): [ˈmɪstə(ɹ)]
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): [ˈmɪstɚ]
- Rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)
- Homophones: Mister, mister
Noun
[edit]Mr. (plural Messrs.)
- (Canada, US, Philippines, formerly or traditionally UK) Abbreviation of Mister.
- Mr. John Doe
- Mr. Doe
- 2007 January 7, Deirdre Mcnamer, “They Came From Montana”, in The New York Times[1]:
- But only if one forgets that Mr. Tester is 50 years old, he’s seasoned in state politics, he ran a canny, gloves-off campaign, and he’s the kind of charismatic, hard-to-peg, Western neopopulist (like his friend, Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana) who might be, even now, redefining in certain far-reaching ways what it means to be a Democrat.
Usage notes
[edit]A title used before the surname in theory, though not generally in practice, above some undefined social level, too old to be addressed as “Master”, not a knight or of some higher rank, and, in Britain though not in the United States, not entitled to be addressed as “Dr.”.
In the UK, now commonly written Mr, without the full stop.
Translations
[edit]abbreviation of mister
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Etymology 2
[edit]Abbreviation of March.
Proper noun
[edit]Mr.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Noun
[edit]Mr. m
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