MRS.

noun (plural Mesdames) Etymology: ~ abbreviation of mistress; Mesdames from French, plural of Madame Date: circa 1578 1. a. — used as a conventional title of courtesy except when usage requires the substitution of a title of rank or an honorific or professional title before a married woman's surname b. — used before the name of a place (as a country or city) or of a profession or activity (as a sport) or before some epithet (as clever) to form a title applied to a married woman viewed or recognized as representative of the thing indicated wife