MRS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mrs mean? 

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

1. a form of address for a married woman

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MRS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of address for a married woman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Mrs; Mrs.

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')

 Context examples 

I forgot to tell you that Mrs. Marker, the housekeeper, had been in there tidying not very long before—about a quarter of an hour, she says.

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

“This is not a very promising beginning,” said Mrs. Norris, when Fanny had left the room.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Have you any relations besides Mrs. Reed?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

When we were shown in, Mrs. Westenra met us.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Her hair was cut and dressed by the best hand, her clothes put on with care, and both Mrs. Allen and her maid declared she looked quite as she should do.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

“Surely I met you in Plymouth at a garden-party some little time ago, Mrs. Straker?” said Holmes.

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

They are as fine healthy children as ever were seen, poor little dears! without partiality; but Mrs Charles knows no more how they should be treated—!

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

“Well done, Mrs. Martin!” thought Emma.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Mrs. St. Clair has most kindly put two rooms at my disposal, and you may rest assured that she will have nothing but a welcome for my friend and colleague.

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

But you called me the American Mrs. Meynell!

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)