"Mrs. degree" meaning in English

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    [
      "MS",
      "MS#English"
    ],
    [
      "Master of Science",
      "Master of Science"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Mrs, punning on MS (“Master of Science”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Mrs. degrees",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "MRS. degree",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "MRS degree",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "MRS Degree",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "M.R.S. degree",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "American English",
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          "source": "w"
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        {
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              96,
              107
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          "ref": "2020 May 15, Amisha Padnani, “Is Marriage a Prize?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 May 2020:",
          "text": "And there was a time when women were told to go to college not for a B.A. or a B.S. but for an “MRS. Degree,” with the expectation of walking right off the graduation stage and down the aisle.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "2025 June 23, Emma Goldberg, Jake Dockins, “‘Less Burnout, More Babies’: How Conservatives Are Winning Young Women”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Jun 2025:",
          "text": "On Saturday, to raucous applause, he declared: “We should bring back the celebration of the Mrs. degree.”",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Of a woman, attending college or university with the main intention of finding a potential spouse."
      ],
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          "US",
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        ],
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          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "spouse",
          "spouse"
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        "(Canada, US slang, derogatory) Of a woman, attending college or university with the main intention of finding a potential spouse."
      ],
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    }
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  "word": "Mrs. degree"
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    [
      "Mrs",
      "Mrs#English"
    ],
    [
      "MS",
      "MS#English"
    ],
    [
      "Master of Science",
      "Master of Science"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Mrs, punning on MS (“Master of Science”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Mrs. degrees",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "MRS. degree",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "MRS degree",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "MRS Degree",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "M.R.S. degree",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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          "text": "And there was a time when women were told to go to college not for a B.A. or a B.S. but for an “MRS. Degree,” with the expectation of walking right off the graduation stage and down the aisle.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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              92,
              103
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          "ref": "2025 June 23, Emma Goldberg, Jake Dockins, “‘Less Burnout, More Babies’: How Conservatives Are Winning Young Women”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Jun 2025:",
          "text": "On Saturday, to raucous applause, he declared: “We should bring back the celebration of the Mrs. degree.”",
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        "Of a woman, attending college or university with the main intention of finding a potential spouse."
      ],
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        "(Canada, US slang, derogatory) Of a woman, attending college or university with the main intention of finding a potential spouse."
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