2006-09-21 03:02:29 · 9 answers · asked by Ethan 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Mrs. is an abbreviation for "mistress," the feminine form of "mister," which in turn originally meant "master." Over time, the pronunciation of the married title slurred, and the term came to mean "paramour" or "kept woman" when pronounced in full. At that point, respectable married women ceased to ever spell out the title, and it has existed as a mumbled abbreviation ever since.
2006-09-21 03:06:29 · answer #1 · answered by credo quia est absurdum 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well there's Miss and then there's Mr. When you get married they combine... Mrs.
Ha, I just pulled that out of my ***, but it sounds good to me!
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2006-09-21 03:10:26 · answer #2 · answered by anab113 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mrs. comes from the word Mr's. As a wife belongs to the husband, it is Mr's. It also got slurred, so now it is Mrs.
2006-09-21 03:09:35 · answer #3 · answered by ktja 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Belonging to Mr ----> Mr's ---->Mrs
2006-09-21 04:20:24 · answer #4 · answered by identity_letters 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Shortened form of "belonging to Mr."
2006-09-21 03:09:44 · answer #5 · answered by Fitchurg Girl 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Mrs.
noun
A person who is too much concerned with being proper, modest, or righteous:
bluenose, prude, puritan, Victorian.
Informal old maid.
2006-09-21 03:22:24 · answer #6 · answered by fungirl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe it shows that a woman is married, I know when women get divorced and keep their married name, they often drop the "r" and begin using "Ms."
2006-09-21 04:10:58 · answer #7 · answered by Chicklet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's short for "mistress"-an antiquated word designating a married female
2006-09-21 03:06:28 · answer #8 · answered by girlfriend 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it means you are married.
2006-09-21 03:04:20 · answer #9 · answered by Henry_Tee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋