mister
Alternative spelling of Mister, especially when used as a form of address without a nameAlternative spelling of Mister, especially when used as a form of address without a name.
» Hey mister, you forgot your coat!
Гей, пане, ви забули своє пальто!
Meaning
7 sensesAlternative spelling of Mister, especially when used as a form of address without a name.
You may sit here, mister.
You keep away from my wife, mister.
a form of address for a man
A man.
There are too many misters and not enough sisters up in this club tonight, for my taste.
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A device that makes or sprays mist.
Odessa D. uses a mister Sunday to fight the 106-degree heat at a NASCAR race in Fontana, California.
(obsolete)Someone's business or function; an occupation, employment, trade.
(archaic, dialectal)A kind, type of.
(obsolete)Need (of something).
(obsolete)Necessity; the necessary time.
Examples
37 sentencesHey mister, you forgot your coat!
Гей, пане, ви забули своє пальто! — deniko
Less of the heroics please, mister.
Hey, mister, your fly is down.
I respect the mister's point of view.
Hey, mister! I think you dropped this.
Translations
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Origin
Unaccented variant of master, attested since the 15th century. From Middle English misterUnaccented variant of master, attested since the 15th century.
From Middle English mister, myster, from Anglo-Norman mester, meister (et al.), from Latin misterium, a medieval conflation of Latin ministerium (“ministry”) with Latin mysterium (“mystery”). Doublet of métier.
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