Mrs

Other spellings

• Mrs.
• missus

Pronunciation

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Abbreviation

Abbreviation Mrs

1. Mrs is a shortened form of mistress. You use Mrs before a married woman's name, usually the last name or the full name.

   Mrs Brakel, the doctor will see you now.

   This is Mrs June Hagerty.

2. You call a woman Mrs when you don't know her name.

   Excuse me, Mrs, I think you dropped this.

Synonyms

• mistress
• madame
• ma'am

See also

• Mr / Mr.
• Ms / Ms.
• Miss / miss
• master