Mr

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mr"

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.?

Proto-Italic *magisteros

Latin magister, magistrum

Old French maistrebor.

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Latin magisterder.

Old English mǣġester

Middle English maister

English master

English mister

English Misterabbr.

English Mr

Abbreviation of Mister.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Mr (plural Messrs)

1. (especially British) Abbreviation of Mister.
   • 1560, Treaty of Berwick‎^[1]:

     [...] Patrick lord Ruthven, Sir John Maxwell of Teregles, knight, William Maitland of Lethington younger, John Wiseheart of Pittarrow, and Mr Henry Balnaves of Hallhill, in name and behalf a noble and mighty prince James, duke of Chatelherault, second person of the realm of Scotland, and the remanent lords of his part, joined with him in this cause [...]

   • 2024 December 14, Alys Davies, “OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment”, in BBC‎^[2]:

     In recent months Mr Balaji had publicly spoken out against artificial intelligence company OpenAI's practices, which has been fighting a number of lawsuits relating to its data-gathering practices.

2. (especially British) Abbreviation of March.

Usage notes

In the US, both senses usually written Mr., with a full stop.

Coordinate terms

• (titles) (of a man): Mr (Mister, mister), Sir (sir); (of a woman): Ms (Miz, mizz), Mrs (Mistress, mistress), Miss (miss), Dame (dame), Madam (madam, ma'am); (of a non-binary person): Mx (Mixter); (see also): Dr (Doctor, doctor) ^{(Category: en:Titles)}

Derived terms

• Mr Fixit

Translations

abbreviation of mister — see Mr.

See also

• Br
• Bro
• Jr
• Sr

Further reading

• Mr. on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• R&M, rm., RM, rm

French

Alternative forms

• Mʳ

Noun

M^r m (plural M^rs)

1. (rare) (dated) abbreviation of Monsieur

   Synonym: M.

   • 1682, Les Œuvres de Monsieur de Molière, volume 4, Paris, page 214:

     Mr DE SOTENVILLE, Gentilhomme Campagnard, Pere d’Angelique.

     Mr DE SOTENVILLE, country gentleman, father of Angélique.

   • 1694, Gilles Ménage, Dictionnaire étymologique, ou Origines de la langue françoise, title page:

     DICTIONNAIRE ETYMOLOGIQUE OU ORIGINES DE LA LANGUE FRANÇOISE, / Par M^r Ménage.

     ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OR ORIGINS OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE, / By Mr Ménage.

Usage notes

• See usage notes at M.

See also

• M^dlle
• M^lle
• Mlle.
• M^me
• Mme.