mister
- [M-]
- a title used in speaking to or of a man and placed before the name or title of office: usually written Mr.
- 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
- a warrant officer in the army
- a cadet in a U.S. service academy
- 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
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 mastermister
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
Verb
(third-person singular simple present misters, present participle mistering, simple past and past participle mistered)
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
Origin
Unaccented variant of master in french, influenced by magister in latin, maistre in old french and Meister in german.
