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Mr.

/ˈmɪstəɹ/[ˈmɪstə(ɹ)]

Mr. is the abbreviation of Mister.

Mr. is the abbreviation of March.

Meaning of Mister

Noun

Mister (plural Misters or Messieurs)

  1. With a surname.
    • This is Mister Smith, assistant to the President.
  2. With a full name.
    • This is Mister James Smith, assistant to the President.
  3. (regional or dated subservient) With a first name only.
    • Will Mister Robert be staying for dinner?
  4. An official form of address to a male president of a nation.
    • Mister President
  5. A formal address to any male official of an organization.
    • Mister Secretary
  6. An official title of a military man, usually anyone below rank of captain.

See all 20 meanings of mister

Meaning of March

Proper noun

March (usually uncountable, plural Marches)

  1. (usually) The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April, containing the northward equinox.
    • Holonyms: calendar year; year
    Synonyms:
    Third Month
  2. (usually) A surname from Middle English for someone born in March, or for someone living near a boundary (marche).
  3. (uncommon, usually) A male given name from English.
    • “Kendall told me about a man named March Flack. A radio actor who disappeared years ago. I assumed that was here.”2001, John Dunning, Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime: A Novel, →ISBN, page 82
  4. (usually) A locality in the Cabonne council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
  5. (usually) A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4196).
  6. (usually) A municipality near Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

See all 22 meanings of march

Synonyms of Mr.

Forms of Mr.

pluralMessrs.
alternative UKMr
alternative formMR

Origin of Mr.

Abbreviation of Mister.

Abbreviation of March.

Words formed from Mr.

Phrases with Mr.

2 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with Mr.

4 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Mr.

What is Mr. the abbreviation of?
Mr. is the abbreviation of Mister.
How do you pronounce Mr.?
Mr. is pronounced /ˈmɪstəɹ/.

Words near Mr. in the dictionary

  1. Mr Presidents
  2. Mr Right
  3. Mr Rights
  4. Mr Wrong
  5. Mr Wrongs
  6. Mr.
  7. Mr. & Mrs.
  8. Mr. and Mrs.
  9. Mr. Big
  10. Mr. Bigs
  11. Mr. Claus

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Mr. (page history and authors); Mister (page history and authors); March (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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