Mr. and Mrs.?

Question

Mr. is short for Mister.
Ms. is short for Miss.

Mrs. is short for what
and does Mrs. mean "the wife of"?

Answer 1

Here you go:
'Mrs (or Mrs. (US usage)), is a title used for women, usually married women, not qualifying for a higher title such as "Lady" or "Dame". The pronunciation varies regionally but is usually Missiz or Missus. It is rarely spelt out; one variant, in the works of Thomas Hardy and others, is "Mis'ess".

In the United Kingdom, most Commonwealth countries, and Ireland, a full stop (in the U.S. a "period") does not usually follow the abbreviated form: "I saw Mrs Price at the office talking to Mr Brown."

Mrs originated as a contraction of the title "Mistress", the feminine of "Mister" or "Master", which was originally applied to both married and unmarried women. The title split into "Mrs" for married women and "Miss" for unmarried women during the 17th Century.'

Answer 2

According to this book on etiquette, Mr. is short for Mister, Ms. is used when a woman wants people to be neither a Miss or a Missus. Mrs. is short for Missus. And yes, that is what Mrs. means.

Answer 3

Use L, S, and ok for the quantity that each individual made: L + S + ok = sixty 4 [mutually they made sixty 4 cupcakes] L = S + 4 [Lane made 4 better than Sanchez] S = ok [Sanchez and Klee made the comparable volume] substitute S + 4 (from the 2nd equation) for L interior the 1st equation. substitute S (from the 0.33 equation) for ok interior the 1st equation. Rewrite the 1st equation: (S + 4) + S + S = sixty 4 Simplify: 3S + 4 = sixty 4 Subtract 4 from the two facets: 3S = 60 Divide the two facets by using 3: S = 60 / 3 = 20 Mr. Sanchez made 20 cupcakes. Ms. Lane made 4 better than that or 24 cupcakes. Mrs. Klee made the comparable quantity or 20 as Mr.Sanchez did.

Answer 4

It's short for Mistress, which, before it meant a woman having a relationship with a married man in exchange for goodies and/or money, was the title for a married woman. Times change and the word mistress got a lot more ambiguous in meaning! I always use Ms. to stay on the safe side, because it doesn't stand for any one word. :)

Answer 5

Ms is short for mizz actually. There is no short form of Miss, Mrs. is short for Misses.

Answer 6

Mistress, as in Mistress of the Househole. Drop the "t" and see what happens. Sound famliar? Miss was originally short for that, too. Little Miss, as in little mistress, not quite full-grown. And mister used to be master.

Answer 7

it is short of Missus and it means a married woman or the wife of

Answer 8

miss