Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

missis

 
or mis·sus (mĭs'ĭz, -ĭs) pronunciation
n. Informal
  1. The mistress of a household.
  2. Used as a term of reference by a man of his wife.

[Alteration of MISTRESS.]


Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics
noun
Also missus Also missus
noun

1:
A wife. (1823 —) .
Daily Mirror If you fancy taking the missus for a day out, you take her virtually free (1975).

2:
A form of address to a woman. (1823 —) .
J. Cartwright Last orders everybody...Did you drink all them yourself Missus? Bloody hell you can come again you can (1991).

[Alteration of mistress; cf. mrs. noun.]


Previous:miss, misper, misery guts
Next:mistake, mister, mitt
  See crossword solutions for the clue Missis.
Translations:

Missus

Top

Dansk (Danish)
n. - konen, fruen, madammen

Nederlands (Dutch)
Mevrouw, vrouw, moeder de vrouw

Français (French)
n. - dame (l'épouse), bourgeoise (fam), m'dame

Deutsch (German)
n. - Frau, Weib

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συμβία, κυρά

Italiano (Italian)
moglie

Português (Portuguese)
n. - Senhora (f)

Русский (Russian)
миссис

Español (Spanish)
n. - señora

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - frun, frugan

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
太太, 妻子

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 太太, 妻子

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 기혼여성

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 女房, 家内, 細君, あんた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سيدة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גברת‬


 
 

 

Copyrights:

American Heritage Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
 Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang. Oxford University Press. © 1997, 2008, 2010 All rights reserved.  Read more
 Rhymes. Oxford University Press. © 2006, 2007 All rights reserved.  Read more
Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary. Collins Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary © Anne Bradford, 1986, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2008 HarperCollins Publishers All rights reserved.  Read more
Translations. Copyright © 2007, WizCom Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.  Read more

Follow us
Facebook Twitter
YouTube