"Missus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Missuses [plural], Missis [alternative]
Etymology: Eye dialect of Mrs. Etymology templates: {{eye dialect|en|Mrs}} Eye dialect of Mrs Head templates: {{en-noun}} Missus (plural Missuses)
  1. (informal) Mrs, a form of address for a married woman. Tags: informal Derived forms: Missus President Coordinate_terms: Mister, Miss, Miz, Ms., Ms, Master, Mistress Translations (form of address for a married woman): Madame (French), Frau [feminine] (German), Signora (Italian), Dòna (Occitan), Senhora (Portuguese), Signura (Sicilian), Señora (Spanish), па́ні (páni) [feminine] (Ukrainian), nkosi (nkosi) [class-1, class-2] (Xhosa)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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