Missus

See also: missus

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Etymology

Eye dialect of Mrs.

Noun

Missus (plural Missuses)

  1. (informal) Mrs, a form of address for a married woman.
    • 1985, Mary Bouquet, Family, Servants and Visitors: The Farm Household in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Devon, Norwich, Norfolk: Geo Books, →ISBN, page 77:
      She [Mary] next went into service on a farm at Welcombe; there was the Boss, the Missus, two young children and Mary, the only servant.

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