missis

or mis·sus (mĭs'ĭz, -ĭs)
n. Informal

1. The mistress of a household.
2. Used as a term of reference by a man of his wife.

[Alteration of MISTRESS.]

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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.]

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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

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