( BrE ) (also Mrs. NAmE , BrE ) / ˈmɪsɪz; NAmE / abbreviation
a title that comes before a married woman's family name or before her first and family names together :
Mrs Hill
Mrs Susan Hill
Mr and Mrs Hill
—compare Miss , Ms
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: abbreviation of mistress ; compare with missus .