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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mr mean?
• MR (noun)
The noun MR has 1 sense:
1. a form of address for a man
Familiarity information: MR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of address for a man
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("Mr" 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
If you don't mind my expressin' my feelin's, Mr. Scott, I'll make free to say you're seventeen kinds of a damn fool an' all of 'em different, an' then some.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
But now, Mr. Inspector, I understand, from what you said when you entered the room, that you can carry the story on, and that some tragedy had occurred.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mr Elliot had attempted no apology, and shewn himself as unsolicitous of being longer noticed by the family, as Sir Walter considered him unworthy of it: all acquaintance between them had ceased.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
“That beast has not a white hair upon its body. What is this that you have done, Mr. Holmes?”
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Mr. Copperfield,” returned my mother, “is dead, and if you dare to speak unkindly of him to me—”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
And now, Mr. Van Weyden, good-night.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
That is the clue which they are already following, Mr. Holmes, and I know that it leads infallibly to me.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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)
Mr. and Mrs. Morland were all compliance, and Catherine all happiness.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
“This is not a very promising beginning,” said Mrs. Norris, when Fanny had left the room.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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