Mister

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See also Mister

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: mĭsʹ-tər, IPA: /ˈmɪstər/, SAMPA: /"mIst@r/
• (UK) IPA: [ˈmɪstə(ɹ)], SAMPA: ["mIst@(r\)]
• (US) IPA: [ˈmɪstɚ], SAMPA: ["mIst@`]

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• Rhymes: -ɪstə(r)
• Homophones: Mr., Mister

Etymology 1

Unaccented variant of master

Noun

Singular Mister

Plural {{{1}}}

Mister ({{{1}}})

1. Title conferred on an adult male.

   You may sit here, mister.

   • 1855, George Musalas Colvocoresses, Four Years in the Government Exploring Expedition, J. M. Fairchild & co., page 358:

     Fine day to see sights, gentlemen. Well, misters, here's the railing round the ground, and there's the paling round the tomb, eight feet deep, six feet long, and three feet wide.

   • 1908, Jack Brand, By Wild Waves Tossed: An Ocean Love Story, The McClure Company, page 90:

     There's only three misters aboard this ship, or, rather, there's only two.

Coordinate terms

• (title of adult male): master, mistress, Mrs., Miss, Ms., Dr., Doctor

Translations

title of adult male

Arabic: سيد ar(ar) (sáyyid) m., مستر ar(ar) (místar) Armenian: պարոն hy(hy) (paron) Belarusian: пан be(be) (pan) m. Bulgarian: господин bg(bg) (gospodín) m. Chamicuro: chmes̈hona Chinese: Mandarin: 先生 cmn(cmn) (xiānsheng) Czech: pán cs(cs) m. Dutch: meneer nl(nl) Esperanto: Sinjoro eo(eo) Filipino: Ginoong Finnish: herra (1, 2, 3) French: monsieur fr(fr) m. German: Herr de(de) m. Greek: κύριος el(el) m. Hindi: श्री hi(hi) (śrī), जी hi(hi) (jī) Icelandic: herra is(is) m.

Italian: signore it(it) m. Japanese: さん ja(ja) (san), 様 ja(ja) (さま, sama), 氏 ja(ja) (し, shi) Korean: -씨 ko(ko) (-ssi), -님 ko(ko) (-nim) Macedonian: господин mk(mk) (gospodín) m. Polish: pan pl(pl) m. Portuguese: senhor pt(pt) m. Romanian: domn ro(ro) m. Russian: господин ru(ru) (gospodín) m., (used in translations) мистер ru(ru) (míster) Scottish Gaelic: Maighstir m. Serbo-Croatian: господин m., gospodin m. Slovak: pán sk(sk) m. Slovene: gospod sl(sl) m. Spanish: señor es(es) m. Tagalog: Ginoong Thai: นาย th(th) (naai) Ukrainian: пан uk(uk) (pan) m.

Etymology 2

From Template:Xno[[Category:Template:Xno derivations|Mister]] mester, meister (et al.), from Latin misterium.

Noun

Singular Mister

Plural {{{1}}}

Mister ({{{1}}})

1. (obsolete) Someone's business or function; an occupation, employment, trade.
2. (now rare, dialectal) A kind, type of.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ix:

     The Redcrosse knight toward him crossed fast, / To weet, what mister wight was so dismayd [...].

3. (obsolete) Need (of something).
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:

     for of your helpe I had grete mystir: For I drede me sore to passe this foreste.

4. (obsolete) Necessity; the necessary time.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.15:

     As for hym sayd kynge Carados, I wylle encountre with kynge bors, and ye wil rescowe me whan myster is [...].

Verb

Infinitive to Mister

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Mister (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (obsolete, impersonal) To be necessary; to matter.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vii:

     As for my name, it mistreth not to tell; / Call me the Squyre of Dames that me beseemeth well.

Etymology 3

mist +‎ -er

Noun

Singular Mister

Plural {{{1}}}

Mister ({{{1}}})

1. 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.

Derived terms

• demister

Anagrams

• eimrst,
• merits
• miters
• mitres
• remits
• smiter
• timers

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

mister m. inv.

1. mister (appellation)
2. Template:Football coach (trainer)

Anagrams

• eimrst,
• stremi

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Polish

Noun

Template:Pl-noun

1. Winner of a male beauty pageant.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Probably from Latin ministerium.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mjs'tɛɾ/

Adjective

mis.ter m (oxytone)

1. of the utmost importance: (Law);
2. necessary.

Noun

mis.ter m (oxytone)

1. office, position: in a profession; Syn.: work, employment, occupation, profession;
2. need - n.

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Swedish

Verb

mister

1. present tense of mista

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