[Mrs.] n, pl Mes.dames [Mrs. abbr. of mistress; Mesdames fr. F, pl. of Madame] (1615) 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 "spoke to Mrs. Doe" 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 "Mrs. Golf"
2: wife "took the Mrs. to dinner"