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MRS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of address for a married woman

Synonyms:

Mrs; Mrs.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Mrs" is a kind of...):

form of address; title; title of respect (an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. 'Mr.' or 'General')

Credits

 Context examples: 

"You remember the case, Mrs. Haythorne?"

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“Yes, yes, it is,” cried Mrs. Gummidge.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Well, Mrs. Warren, I cannot see that you have any particular cause for uneasiness, nor do I understand why I, whose time is of some value, should interfere in the matter.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“But it is,” returned she; “for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

"To be sure," said she, "it is better than parting with fifteen hundred pounds at once. But, then, if Mrs. Dashwood should live fifteen years we shall be completely taken in."

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

“No, thank you, Mrs Cat,” answered the wolf.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Mrs. March was very busy trying to finish a letter, which must go at once, and Hannah had the grumps, for being up late didn't suit her.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Now, Mrs. Hawkins, just you run upstairs to your husband and tell him, if possible, nothing about it.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

In that case you will, perhaps, do me the favour to hand to Mrs. Stone this note which her brother, Sir Charles Tregellis, has just committed to my care.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But the women did not count for much in Mrs. Morse's plan.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)