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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An abbreviation of the French Messieurs.

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Examples

  • But, then again, it's more than consistent with the poacher-turned-gamekeeper tradition established by messrs Mosley and Ecclestone.

    Jean Toad and swimming in space-time Gordon McCabe 2009

  • But, then again, it's more than consistent with the poacher-turned-gamekeeper tradition established by messrs Mosley and Ecclestone.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

  • Still aggrieved and still intent on pursuing the author and publisher Bloomsbury is Best's former wife Alex, whose immediate reaction on reading about herself, as described by Walden, was to call in messrs Carter-Ruck.

    Hugh Muir's diary 2011

  • Hard times for messrs Giles Kenningham and Sheridan Westlake, both of whom work very hard spinning for the Pickles, secretary of state for communities and local government.

    Hugh Muir's diary 2011

  • It's an article of mild vintage now (dating from 1995), but, quite apart from the main body of argument, contains at least one vital and pertinent admonition, which messrs Blair and Bush would have been wise to heed:

    Archive 2009-02-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

  • The first two seasons were under the leadership of messrs Berman and Braga, who previously had perpetrated ST since Roddenberry's demise.

    Revisiting Star Trek [Part 5 of 7]: Enterprise 2009

  • Notts may be the chirpier side after battling back into a game that seemed lost at the end of the first day, but having seen Yorkshire keep their cool impressively in fourth-innings run chases against Warwickshire and Durham earlier this season, I'd back messrs Rudolph, McGrath and Gale to do the business again.

    County cricket - as it happened! 2010

  • That left Durham on 255 for seven, with a lead of 213 - still not enough, according to their director of cricket, Geoff Cook, but Dale Benkenstein is still there on 59, so it's up to messrs Claydon, Rushworth and Harmison to hang around with him now.

    County cricket - live! 2010

  • Personally, I have no wish to try to persuade messrs edwards and sidgewick of anything, and I do wonder why any of you do.,

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • You may wish to clarify these discussions by explaining why your friend felt it necessary to point out the religion of messrs Freedman and Gilbert and perhaps more to the point why you did not object to it.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

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