mr
/mˈɪstɚ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.69 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
2
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Abbreviation of Mister.
noun
Abbreviation of March.
Example Sentences
- "[...] Patrick lord Ruthven, Sir John Maxwell of Teregles, knight, William Maitland of Lethington younger, John Wiseheart of Pittarrow, and Mr Henry Balnaves of Hallhill, in name and behalf a noble and mighty prince James, duke of Chatelherault, second person of the realm of Scotland, and the remanent lords of his part, joined with him in this cause [...]"
- "In recent months Mr Balaji had publicly spoken out against artificial intelligence company OpenAI's practices, which has been fighting a number of lawsuits relating to its data-gathering practices."
- "2007 March 30, Elizabeth Mossis, M.D. (guest),“Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines”, Talk of the Nation: Science Friday, Ira Flatow (host), National Public Radio"
- "Controlled release (CR), modified release (MR), orally disintegrating tablets (ODT), and other innovative dosage forms are still of interest to both pharmaceutical producers and suppliers."
- "Lord Denning MR"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-der.? Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *magisteros Latin magister, magistrum Old French maistrebor. ▲ Latin magisterder. Old English mǣġester Middle English maister English master English mister English Misterabbr. English Mr Abbreviation of Mister.
Usage
- British usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage