Mister Definition
mĭstər
noun
A title used in speaking to or of a man and placed before the name or title of office.
Webster's New World
A title before a name of a place, occupation, activity, etc. or before a quality.
Mr. Television, Mr. Nice Guy.
Webster's New World
The official title of address for.
Webster's New World
Used as a form of address for a man.
Watch your step, mister.
American Heritage
Used as a term of reference by a woman of her husband.
American Heritage
verb
To address by the title of "mister".
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Mister
Noun
Singular:
MisterPlural:
mistersOrigin of Mister
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From Anglo-Norman mester, meister (et al.), from Latin misterium, a medieval conflation of Latin ministerium (“ministry") with Latin mysterium (“mystery").
From Wiktionary
Unaccented variant of master in french, influenced by magister in latin, maistre in old french and Meister in german.
From Wiktionary
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Unaccented variant of master
From Wiktionary
Alteration of master
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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mist +"Ž -er.
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