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Messrs.

UK/ˈmɛsəz/US/ˈmɛs.ɚz/

Messrs. is the plural of Mr..

Messrs. is the plural of M..

Meaning of M.

Noun

M.

  1. (rare) A gender-neutral honorific, comparable to Mx., used instead of Mr., Mrs., etc.
    • while we're at it, let's get rid of all this Miss/Mrs/Mr/Ms crap. It wasn't much of a step to go from Miss/Mrs to Ms; after all, the issue should be that gender is unimportant. How about one generic title for everyone? For instance, M. Smith, M. Jones. […]1982 July 10, Mx. John Eldridge (username "floyd!jce"), More words and sex, net.nlang

Forms of Messrs.

alternative formMessrs
alternative formMssrs.
alternative formMssrs

Origin of Messrs.

Abbreviation of French Messieurs or English messieurs.

Phrases with Messrs.

Questions about Messrs.

What is Messrs. the plural of?
Messrs. is the plural of Mr..
How do you pronounce Messrs.?
Messrs. is pronounced /ˈmɛs.ɚz/ (US).

Words near Messrs. in the dictionary

  1. messrooms
  2. Messrs
  3. Messrs Claus
  4. Messrs Right
  5. Messrs Wrong
  6. Messrs.
  7. Messrs. and Mmes.
  8. Messrs. Claus
  9. Messrs. Right
  10. Messrs. Wrong
  11. messtin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Messrs. (page history and authors); M. (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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