Mister

Word MISTER
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations [ˈmɪstə(ɹ)]

Definitions and meanings of "Mister"

What do we mean by mister?

A title conferred on an adult male, usually when the name is unknown. Also used as a term of address, often by a parent to a young child.

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The word "mister" in example sentences

The word mister, as a prefix, or the word esquire, as a suffix, seemed a superfluity. ❋ Fuller, O E (1884)

The word mister sounded sharply, yet not unpleasingly, to my ear: it was the first time I had been so designated or so dignified. ❋ Edward Howard (1820)

Princess, Captain Falk's unwarrantable insult to Davie Paine -- it seems incongruous to call him "mister" -- was to play its part later in events that as yet were only gathering way. ❋ Charles Boardman Hawes (N/A)

"No, not 'mister' -- just 'Jan,'" he answered, adopting her pronunciation. ❋ Eden Phillpotts (1911)

He’s the only trustee I called mister, but just because he was formal didn’t mean he wasn’t human. ❋ Nancy Pickard (1987)

I'm not able to get through right away so I take a breath and call the mister and do my best to let him know that I still have all my digits but there is a lot of blurd and I want to be sure so can he come home and gimme a ride? ❋ Jek-a-go-go (2009)

The mister was a tanker with the 3/64 at Conn, but he spent a lot of time at Ledward working in the post office. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The mister was an Italian cloth merchant living in Bruges, in what is now Belgium. ❋ Noah Charney (2007)

Another tool I used tonight is called a mister: put in your own olive oil and spray -- all to use less oil. ❋ Unknown (2005)

He explains, "There is a double play on the word mister - it says 'we are not that formal' ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Mr. Jay," said he, knowing how it pleased Sammy to be called mister, ❋ Harrison [Illustrator] Cody (1919)

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