mister

Mis·ter

[M-]
1. a title used in speaking to or of a man and placed before the name or title of office: usually written Mr.
2. a title before a name of a place, occupation, activity, etc. or before a quality: used to designate a certain man as an example or personification: Mr. Television, Mr. Nice Guy
Mil. the official title of address for
1. a warrant officer in the army
2. a cadet in a U.S. service academy
3. a naval officer below the rank of commander
Informal sir: in direct address, not followed by a name
Informal, Dial. one's husband: also used with the

Origin of mister

weakened form of master

a bottle with a nozzle for spraying a mist of water, as onto houseplants

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Mister

noun

Used as a courtesy title before the surname, full name, or professional title of a man, usually written in its abbreviated form: Mr. Jones; Mr. Secretary.
Used as the official term of address for certain US military personnel, such as warrant officers.
mister Informal Used as a form of address for a man: Watch your step, mister.
Informal Used as a term of reference by a woman of her husband.

Origin of Mister

Alteration of master

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Noun

(plural misters)

Title conferred on an adult male.
You may sit here, mister.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present misters, present participle mistering, simple past and past participle mistered)

To address by the title of "mister".

Origin

Unaccented variant of master

Noun

(plural misters)

(now rare, dialectal) A kind, type of.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present misters, present participle mistering, simple past and past participle mistered)

(obsolete, impersonal) To be necessary; to matter.

Origin

From Anglo-Norman mester, meister (et al.), from Latin misterium, a medieval conflation of Latin ministerium (“ministry") with Latin mysterium (“mystery").

Noun

(plural misters)

A device that makes or sprays mist.
Odessa D. uses a mister Sunday to fight the 106-degree heat at a NASCAR race in Fontana, California.

Origin

mist +"Ž -er.

Noun

(plural Misters)

General title or respect of an adult male.
This is Mister Smith, assistant to the President.
Official title of a military man, usually anyone below rank of captain.
Official form of address of a president of a nation; Mister President.
A warrant officer or cadet in the United States Military Academy at West Point.
An informal title used before a nickname or other moniker:
Mister Suave; Mister Baseball