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Messrs
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Messrs.
English
Etymology
See en Messrs.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmɛs.ɚz/ US
en /ˈmɛsəz/ UK
Noun
en noun form
en chiefly formal en Mr Mister
en chiefly formal en M Monsieur
Usage notes
Particularly used in the names of businesses compromising several (usually male) partners, such as lawyers or publishers – for example, Messrs Sue, Grabbit and Runne.
Alternative forms
en Messrs. US
French
Noun
fr noun form
fr now nonstandard _ in _ France fr Messieurs
fr 1848 Official Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Louisiana, ... 36 Messrs Adams, Brashear, Cook, Dial, Garcia de St-Charles, Garcia de Jefferson, Gaudet, Kenner, Martin, Moore, May, McWhorter, Parham, Swazé, et Thibodeaux, du Sénat, votent en faveur de M. Duncan F. Kenner - 15 voix. Messrs Adams, Brashear, Cook, Dial, Garcia de St-Charles, Garcia de Jefferson, Gaudet, Kenner, Martin, Moore, May, McWhorter, Parham, Swazé and Thibodeaux, of the Senate, vote in favor of Mr. Duncan F. Kenner – 15 votes.
Usage notes
See usage notes at fr M.
See also
fr MM.