Mrs or ms for married

Mr. and Mrs.: What do they stand for?

The contractions Mr. and Mrs. are short for Mister and Missus/Missis.

These contractions, like their longer forms, are used in etiquette to show respect to men and women. Mr. and Mrs. are pronounced the same as their longer forms: Mr. is pronounced as [ mis-ter ] and Mrs. is pronounced as [ mis-iz ] or [ miz-iz ] in the Northern United States and as [ miz-iz ] and [ miz ] in the Southern United States.

Mr. and Mrs. are typically used as titles or honorifics before a person’s name to show respect.

Mr., mrs, ms miss what are these called

Traditionally, Mr. is used before the names of men and boys while Mrs. is used before the names of married women.

The contraction Mr. has been used since the 1500s. Mr. was used as a shortening of master, a title used for men of high authority.

By the mid-18th century, both Mr. and its longer form Mister had become distinct words from master and became common English honorifics to generally address men of higher social rank.

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ms is used for married woman

mrs is used for married man