MISTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mister mean? 

• MISTER (noun)
  The noun MISTER has 1 sense:

1. a form of address for a man

  Familiarity information: MISTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of address for a man

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Mister; Mr; Mr.

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

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

 Context examples 

But what I want to know, mister, is how the coppers know these things?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Say, mister, can you give me a quarter to get a bed?" were the words.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Mister Rodney there would know him.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I am sure, Master Copperfield—I should say Mister, but the other comes so natural,” said Uriah,—“I would turn out of your old room with pleasure, if it would be agreeable.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I am compelled to Mister him and to Sir him with every speech.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“Now, then, mister,” said he, with his head cocked and his arms akimbo, “what are you driving at? Let’s have it straight, now.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

See here, mister, said he, I make no complaint of being man-handled in this fashion, but I would have you call things by their right names.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By the way, mister, talking of Jack James, it seems to me you don’t do much to cover your men.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I'm glad to find Miss Agnes knows of it. Oh, thank you, Master—Mister Copperfield!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He was searching his pockets for the key when someone passing said: Good-night, Mister Sherlock Holmes.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)