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What (who) is Mrs - definition

COMMONLY USED ENGLISH HONORIFIC USED FOR WOMEN, USUALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE MARRIED
Mrs; Mis'ess; M-r-s degree; นาง

Mrs         
¦ noun a title used before a surname or full name to address or refer to a married woman without a higher or honorific or professional title.
Origin
C17: abbrev. of mistress; cf. missus.
Mrs.         
·- The customary abbreviation of Mistress when used as a title of courtesy, in writing and printing.
Mrs         
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
Note: in AM, use 'Mrs.'
Mrs is used before the name of a married woman when you are speaking or referring to her.
Hello, Mrs Miles.
...Mrs Anne Pritchard.
...Mr and Mrs D H Alderson.
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Wikipedia

Mrs.

Mrs. (Modern English) or Mrs (British English; standard English pronunciation: MISS-iz) is a commonly used English honorific for women, usually for those who are married and who do not instead use another title (or rank), such as Doctor, ProfessorPresident, Dame, etc. In most Commonwealth countries, a full stop (period) is usually not used with the title. In the United States and Canada a period (full stop) is usually used (see Abbreviation).

Mrs. originated as a contraction of the honorific Mistress (the feminine of Mister or Master) which was originally applied to both married and unmarried women in the upper class. Writers who used Mrs for unmarried women include Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, and Samuel Johnson. The split into Mrs. for married women and Miss for unmarried began during the 17th century, but was not reliable until well into the 19th century.

It is rare for Mrs. to be written in a non-abbreviated form, and the unabbreviated word lacks a standard spelling. In literature it may appear as missus or missis in dialogue. A variant in the works of Thomas Hardy and others is "Mis'ess", reflecting its etymology. Misses has been used but is ambiguous, as this is a commonly used plural for Miss. The plural of Mrs. is from the French: Mesdames. This may be used as is in written correspondence, or it may be abbreviated Mmes.

Examples of use of Mrs
1. Its directors include Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Comber and Mrs Kulkarni.
2. Mrs Darcy . . . Mrs Darcy, he repeats as the credits roll.
3. Mrs Zhang, Mrs Laun and Mrs Cao, all professional women in their late 40s to 50s, agree.
4. Try as I might I have no recollection whatsoever of Mrs Keegan, Mrs Venables or Mrs Turnip, let alone Lady Robson or Lady Ramsey.
5. So why doesn‘t the same act apply to Mrs and Mrs Histed?