Mister (English, noun)
expansion: Mister (plural Misters)
Senses:
glosses: A general title of respect for an adult male.
With a surname.
glosses: A general title of respect for an adult male.
With a full name.
glosses: A general title of respect for an adult male.
With a first name only.
qualifier: regional or dated subservient
glosses: An official form of address to a male president of a nation.
glosses: A formal address to any male official of an organization.
glosses: An official title of a military man, usually anyone below rank of captain.
glosses: A male warrant officer or cadet in the United States Military Academy at West Point.
glosses: An informal title that is used to create a nickname, placeholder name, or other moniker for a male.
glosses: A title used to designate the (male) winner of certain kinds of competition.
qualifier: sometimes hostile; sometimes written 'mister'; sometimes hostile; sometimes written 'mister'
glosses: Used by itself as a familiar term of address to a man whose name is unknown, or sometimes even if the name is known.
tags: colloquial
Forms:
form: Misters
tags: plural