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mister

Definitions

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  • noun Title conferred on an adult male.
  • noun A device that makes or sprays mist.
  • noun obsolete Someone's business or function; an occupation, employment, trade.
  • noun dialectal A kind, type of.
  • noun obsolete Need (of something).
  • noun obsolete Necessity; the necessary time.
  • verb obsolete, impersonal To be necessary; to matter.

Etymologies

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Unaccented variant of master

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mist +‎ -er.

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From Anglo-Norman mester, meister (et al.), from Latin misterium, a medieval conflation of Latin ministerium ("ministry") with Latin mysterium ("mystery").

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Examples

  • The word mister, as a prefix, or the word esquire, as a suffix, seemed a superfluity.

    Brave Men and Women Fuller, O E 1884

  • The word mister, as a prefix, or the word esquire, as a suffix, seemed a superfluity.

    Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs 1867

  • The word mister sounded sharply, yet not unpleasingly, to my ear: it was the first time I had been so designated or so dignified.

    Rattlin the Reefer Edward Howard 1820

  • Princess, Captain Falk's unwarrantable insult to Davie Paine -- it seems incongruous to call him "mister" -- was to play its part later in events that as yet were only gathering way.

    The Mutineers Charles Boardman Hawes

  • "No, not 'mister' -- just 'Jan,'" he answered, adopting her pronunciation.

    Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911

  • He’s the only trustee I called mister, but just because he was formal didn’t mean he wasn’t human.

    Generous Death Nancy Pickard 1987

  • He’s the only trustee I called mister, but just because he was formal didn’t mean he wasn’t human.

    Generous Death Nancy Pickard 1987

  • I'm not able to get through right away so I take a breath and call the mister and do my best to let him know that I still have all my digits but there is a lot of blurd and I want to be sure so can he come home and gimme a ride?

    oh the drama! a new year's day saga. jek-a-go-go 2009

  • I'm not able to get through right away so I take a breath and call the mister and do my best to let him know that I still have all my digits but there is a lot of blurd and I want to be sure so can he come home and gimme a ride?

    Archive 2009-01-01 jek-a-go-go 2009

  • The mister was a tanker with the 3/64 at Conn, but he spent a lot of time at Ledward working in the post office.

    In the darkest depths of Mordor… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

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same context (7)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. Doctor
  2. Dr.
  3. Miss
  4. Mrs.
  5. Ms.
  6. master
  7. mistress

forms (3)

Forms

  1. mistering
  2. misters
  3. demister

rhymes (12)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Lister
  2. Mr
  3. Mr.
  4. Sister
  5. Sr
  6. Twister
  7. blister
  8. lister
  9. sister
  10. sr
  11. transistor
  12. twister

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  • bilby commented on the word mister

    In Italian, mister means the coach of a sporting team, particularly in soccer/football parlance.

    November 24, 2007