Miss
English
editEtymology
editFrom mistress.
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: mĭs, IPA(key): /mɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈmɪz/
- Rhymes: -ɪs
Noun
edit- Form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
- Form of address for a teacher or a waitress.
- Excuse me, Miss, Donny's been pinching my pencils again.
Usage notes
edit- When referring to people with the same name, either of two forms may be used: Misses Brown or Miss Browns.
- Both Miss and Mrs are frequently replaced by Ms in current usage.
- The use of Miss with a first name only, as in Miss Julia was common in the Southern U.S. only. Elsewhere only the full or last names were possible: Miss Brown, Miss Julia Brown.
Coordinate terms
edit- (titles) (of a man): Mr (Mister, mister), Sir (sir); (of a woman): Ms (Miz, mizz), Mrs (Mistress, mistress), Miss (miss), Dame (dame), Madam (madam, ma'am); (of a non-binary person): Mx (Mixter); (see also): Dr (Doctor, doctor) (Category: en:Titles)
Derived terms
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Anagrams
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editNoun
editMiss f (genitive Miss, plural Misses or (beauty queen) Missen)
- Miss (form of address)
- title for a beauty queen
- Miss Deutschland ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension
editDeclension of Miss [feminine]
Derived terms
edit- Misswahl (“beauty contest”)
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