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Mr
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Appendix:Variations of "mr"
English
Etymology
en :abbr Mister 1
Abbreviation of en Mister.
Pronunciation
en En-uk-Mr.ogg UK
en En-us-Mr.ogg US
Noun
Messrs
en especially British en Mister.
en 1560 Treaty of Berwick https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Berwick [...] Patrick lord Ruthven, Sir John Maxwell of Teregles, knight, William Maitland of Lethington younger, John Wiseheart of Pittarrow, and Mr Henry Balnaves of Hallhill, in name and behalf a noble and mighty prince James, duke of Chatelherault, second person of the realm of Scotland, and the remanent lords of his part, joined with him in this cause [...]
en Alys Davies OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment w:BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0el3r2nlko 2024-12-14 In recent months Mr Balaji had publicly spoken out against artificial intelligence company OpenAI's practices, which has been fighting a number of lawsuits relating to its data-gathering practices. https://web.archive.org/web/20260924085646/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0el3r2nlko 24 September 2026
en especially British en March.
Usage notes
In the US, both senses usually written Mr., with a full stop.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Mr Fixit
Translations
abbreviation of mister Mr.
See also
en Jr Sr Br Bro
Further reading
Mr.
Anagrams
en mr R&M rm. RM rm
en suppletive nouns
French
Alternative forms
fr Mʳ
Noun
fr noun m Mr plural Mrs
fr rare fr dated fr MonsieurMonsieur
fr M.
fr 1682 Les Œuvres de Monsieur de Molière 4 Paris https://books.google.com/books?id=gZ9C99ZJlMQC&pg=PA214 214 Mr DE SOTENVILLE, Gentilhomme Campagnard, Pere d’Angelique. Mr DE SOTENVILLE, country gentleman, father of Angélique.
fr 1694 Gilles Ménage Dictionnaire étymologique, ou Origines de la langue françoise https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DYM-AAAAcAAJ/page/n9/mode/1up title page DICTIONNAIRE ETYMOLOGIQUE OU ORIGINES DE LA LANGUE FRANÇOISE, / Par Mr Ménage. ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OR ORIGINS OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE, / By Mr Ménage.
Usage notes
See usage notes at fr M.
See also
fr Mdlle Mdlle
fr Mlle Mlle
fr Mlle.
fr Mme Mme
fr Mme.
References
fr Titles