2006-07-28 14:57:44 · 17 answers · asked by :D 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Interesting question...... 'It is simply an abbreviation of the word mistress, which used to be pronounced "mistress" and was a title of courtesy. '
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2006-07-28 15:02:34 · answer #1 · answered by EdmondDoc 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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If Mr. means Mister, Mdm means Madam, what does Mrs stand for? If it is Misses what is 'r' in Mrs?
2015-05-06 01:33:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mr. means Mister, Mdm means Madam, Mrs. stand for a married female and Miss or Misses is an unmarried female.
2006-07-28 14:59:53 · answer #3 · answered by Diana C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mr. = mister
Mdm = any older woman
Mrs =a Married woman
Ms = a divorced woman or a spinster
Miss = a spinster or a young girl
(spinster = a girl ages into a being spinster when all the girls she grew up with are either married or have children
the catholic church puts the official age of becoming a spinster at 26)
2006-07-28 15:08:47 · answer #4 · answered by rosevallie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Does Mdm Stand For
2016-10-28 18:09:12 · answer #5 · answered by krone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's short for Mistress.
2006-07-28 14:59:19 · answer #6 · answered by ladyangelovely 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does stand for Misses. I don't know why the there is an r in there.
Well, I answered one of your questions anyway.
Good luck finding out where the r came from.
2006-07-28 15:01:56 · answer #7 · answered by brwnidjkmo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mistress is the female form of mister. Mr is a contraction of mister and mrs is a contraction of mistress. Both of these are titles denoting the people who rule a manor. Mr and Mrs denote land owners.
2006-07-28 15:06:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am very sure it is Mistress,like Mr., meaning Master,it goes together ,get it Mistress and master,because there maryed,if there not its Mr. for madam.
2006-07-28 15:06:01 · answer #9 · answered by Lexxie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it means Mistress, don't ask me why it was pronounced as Misses
2006-07-28 15:03:40 · answer #10 · answered by Clauds 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋