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Definition: MR. |
MR.1. The customary abbreviation of Mister in writing and printing. See Master, 4. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Commonalty | Commoner, one of the people, democrat, plebeian, republican, proletary, proletaire, roturier, Mr. Snooks, bourgeois, epicier, Philistine, grisette, demimonde. |
Judge | Lord Chancellor, Lord Justice; Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor; Lord Chief Justice, Chief Baron; Mr. Justice, Associate Justice, Chief Justice; Baron, Baron of the Exchequer. |
Man | Noun: man, male, he, him; manhood. (adolescence); gentleman, sir, master; sahib; yeoman, wight, swain, fellow, blade, beau, elf, chap, gaffer, good man; husband. (married man); Mr., mister; boy. (youth). |
Neologism | Pseudonym; (misnomer); Mr. So-and-so; wha d'ye call 'em, whatchacallim, what's his name; thingummy, thingumbob; je ne sais quoi. |
Title | Highness, excellency, grace; lordship, worship; reverence, reverend; esquire, sir, master, Mr., signor, se$or, Mein Herr, mynheer; your honor, his honor; serene highness; handle to one's name. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: MR. |
| English words defined with "MR.": a.k.a., alias, alone, also known as ♦ Braunite ♦ Calotype ♦ entirely, exclusively ♦ John Marquand, John Philip Marquand ♦ Marquand, Messieurs, Mynheer ♦ only ♦ Phonotypy ♦ Ramsted, Romic ♦ Señor, solely ♦ title, To accredit, To be the death of, To fall in, To strike in ♦ urbanely. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "MR.": Parkesine. (references) |
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Screenplays | Oh! Gilligan's Island, Mr. Howell (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg) What do you do for a living, Mr. Fletch (Fletch; writing credit: Andrew Bergman. Based on the novel by Gregory McDonald.) I killed you, Mr. Anderson (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) Who's Mr. Stephens (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan) Mr. Wallace, call the President (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein) | |
Lyrics | And, pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones (Mr. Jones; performing artist: Counting Crows) Mr. Lover lover, Mr (Mr. Boombastic; performing artist: Shaggy) Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto (Mr. Roboto; performing artist: STYX) Mr. Bartender (Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy); performing artist: SUGAR RAY) Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, Play a song for me (Mr. Tambourine Man; performing artist: The Byrds; writing credit: Bob Dylan) | |
Clever | Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Give Mr. Snipa's wife's knife a swipe. (references; author: unknown) Mr. Smith's teeth are thin and lethal. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Mr. and Mrs. (1999) The Aweful Mr. Goodall (1974) Lovable Mr. Able (1974) Secuestro y muerte de Mr. Dupont (1974) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973) | |
Song Titles | Mr. Bojangles (performing artist: Sammy Davis Jr.) Mr. Big Stuff (performing artist: Jean Knight) MR. BASSMAN (performing artist: Johnny Cymbal ) Mr. Bojangles (performing artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) Mr. Grinch (performing artist: Mojo and the Toad Liquors Nixon) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Shows photo of Mr. Calvin holding scientific apparatus. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Shows candid photo of Mr. Calvin surrounded by two other men, holding scientific apparatus. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | DHEW Secretary, F. David Mathews meetw with Dr. Philip S. Brachman, Dr. William H. Foege, and Mr. Jim Bloom. Credit: CDC. |  | Walk-in autoclave with Mr. Loftin. Credit: CDC. |
 | Bob Pryce - self portrait while in a helicopter Mr. Pryce served for over thirty years on geodetic field parties. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Mr. Ray DeLucia sketching Coggeshall Cove. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Figure 12. Hydra sounder, made by Mr. Gibbs and colleagues on the HMS HYDRA during the 1868 Indian Ocean expedition commanded by Captain Peter F. Shortland. Some of the first deep soundings in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans were made with this instrument rigged for use with a Hodge accumulator. Among the important soundings was one of over 3400 meters at 31.05 S Lat and 12.25E Long. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Bob Nishimoto and Mr. Pauley, owner of Coconut Island, a benefactor of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Credit: Small World. |
 | A picnic for tennant farmers of the Duke Power Co. near Mooresvill, North carolina. Dr. Hugh Hammond Bennett (left) first Chief of the Soil Conservation Service and Mr. Roach Stewart (Duke Power Co.). Credit: Unknown. |  | Mr. James kWatson, Jr. with his cotton picker near Mound Bayou, MS. Credit: USDA. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Franklin | Clearly spoken, Mr. Fogg; you explain English by Greek. |
Charles | The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival of the Fittest is more accurate. . . . |
Charles Dickens | "It's very strange," said Mr. Dick . . . "that I never can get that quite right; I never can make that perfectly clear." |
| We know, Mr. Weller -- we, who are men of the world -- that a good uniform must work its way with the women, sooner or later. | |
Eugene Field | Mr. Clarke played the King all evening as though under constant fear that someone else was about to play the Ace. |
George E. Danielson | [TryIng to obtain information from Mr. Mitchell was] Like trying to nail a drop of water to the wall. |
John Bunyan | Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty. |
Oscar Wilde | Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | Under the circumstances of so partial a representation, the commissioners present agreed upon a report, (drawn by Mr. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The amount of such claims may be assessed by an arbitrator appointed by Mr. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | I was a high minister at the time of the Versailles Treaty and a close friend of Mr. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Actually to discover that Mr. Knightley is a gentleman |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Have I the pleasure of addressing Mr. Scrooge, or Mr |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | And no sneaky knocking down Mr. Dent's house whilst he's away, alright |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Now it was that the lucubrations of my ancient predecessor, Mr. Surveyor Pue, came into play |
Something Wicked This Way Comes | Ray Bradbury | Mr. Dark nodded, pleased |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Have, Mr. Huston |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | When I came back, I resolved to settle in London, to which Mr. Bates, my master, encouraged me, and by him I was recommended to several patients |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Some others are Bauhaus, Stock Market, and Mr. Bricolage. (references) | |
Mr. Wang Zhongyu is currently the director of the Commission. (references) | ||
One outstanding example is Mr. German Frers, one of the world's most prestigious designers. (references) | ||
Economic History | Dominican Rep | Mr. Carlos Radhames Cornielle M. (references) |
Seychelles | The DP, headed by Mr. Mancham, did not take part in the elections. (references) | |
Barbados | ESTWICK, Mr. Tyrone C. Suite 4, "Beacon House," Walrond Street, Bridgetown. (references) | |
Human Rights | Belarus | None of the goods in Mr. Domash's possession were found to be in violation of the law. (references) |
India | Ali was killed while organizing a memorial meeting for Mr. Purushotham, another APCLC leader. (references) | |
Ecuador | When Mr. Lopez's wife entered the police station, the officers reportedly denied detaining her husband. (references) | |
Political Economy | Vietnam | Mr. Manh had previously been Chairman of the National Assembly. (references) |
Japan | Like most people in Japan, we are heartened by Mr. Koizumi's candor and hope he will be successful in reforming Japan's economy. (references) | |
Japan | Today, two weeks before those elections are to take place, it appears that the LDP and its coalition members will ride Mr. Koizumi's extraordinary popularity to at least maintain its seats in the upper house election--even as the Japanese economy appears to be nosing into a recession. (references) | |
Trade | Hungary | Mr. Viktor Janki, Head of Certification Dept. (references) |
China | The World Bank has a local office in China Tel: (8610) 6554-3361 Mr. Yukon Huang, Country Director. (references) | |
Ireland | The 1998 Act also replaces the former obligation of the Irish Central Bank Governor (currently Mr. Maurice O'Connell) to "consult and advise" the Irish finance minister on monetary policy matters with an obligation to simply "inform" the minister in regard to such matters. (references) | |
Travel | Vietnam | Therefore, Mr. Nguyen Anh Quang would be addressed Mr. Quang. (references) |
Singapore | Mr. Ho Weng Hee would be addressed as "Mr. Ho" and Ms. Wong Ai Lan as "Ms. Wong". (references) | |
Vietnam | You should always address your contacts as Mr., Mrs., Ms. or Miss followed by the given name. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Korea | Mr. Yang was imprisoned and later released in November. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Al Hunt | Mr. Ambassador, those UNSCOM comments were of course four years ago. There are those who think that Iraq has developed significantly weapons over those four years. |
Alexander Benedetto | They're six months down the road and realize, wow, what a mistake we've made. How are we going to get out of this one. In walks Mr. Plant. |
Art Linkletter | The Kodak people once said to me, Mr. Linkletter, you own the world's largest automatic film vending machine. Disneyland. |
Dominick Dunne | In Monaco, in a penthouse in Monte Carlo over the bank that Mr. Safra had owned and had just sold just before his death. And it's a fascinating case. The American nurse has now been in the Monaco prison for about two and a half years. |
Gloria Allred | It's really hard for her, to, to have the live in the same neighborhood that the house exists as Mr. Westerfield was living in. |
Robert Novak | A final question before we take another break, Mr. Foreign Minister. The Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has put forth a peace plan which at least the U.S. government takes seriously. |
Rudolph Giuliani | Sure, and that's tragic. And I think I feel horrible for Mr. Diallo's family. And when it first happened, I called his father and helped his father come to the United States. We would do anything to try to reverse the incident. |
Tom Daschle | Well, I understand now the truth is that Mr. Thomas had a fund-raiser to go back to. And we just learned that, of course. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "MR." is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "MR." is used about 14,740 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 14,740 | 627 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Japan | Mr. John Co., Ltd. | South Africa | Mr. Price Group Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "MR.": meet mr. x ♦ Mr. Moto. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "MR."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | Mnr. (gentleman, lord, Mister, sir), Meneer (gentleman, lord, Mister, sir), heer (gentleman, lord, Mister, sir). (various references) | |
Albanian | zoti (baboo, Mister, nailer, owner, Sir), z. (various references) | |
Arabic | مستر, سيد (liege, master, mister, sir). (various references) | |
Basque | jauna. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | господин (baboo, gent, gentleman, master). (various references) | |
Catalan | sr, senyor (gentleman, lord, Mister, sir). (various references) | |
Croatian | gospodin. (various references) | |
Czech | pane (sir), pan (Don, Mister, Mons, monseigneur, Monsieur, monsig, monsignor, mr, Sahib, seigneur, seignior, sr). (various references) | |
Danish | herre (gentleman, lord, Mister, sir). (various references) | |
Dutch | dhr. (Mr). (various references) | |
Esperanto | sinjoro (gentleman, lord, Mister, sir). (various references) | |
Estonian | härra. (various references) | |
Faeroese | harri (gentleman, lord), harra (gentleman, lord). (various references) | |
Finnish | herra (gentleman, lord, man, master, Mr, Sir). (various references) | |
Flemish | heer. (various references) | |
French | monsieur (Mr). (various references) | |
French Canadian | monsieur (man). (various references) | |
Frisian | mynhear (gentleman, lord), hear (army, gentleman, lord). (various references) | |
Galician | sr. (various references) | |
German | Herr (arbiter, boss, chief, gent, gentleman, leader, lord, master, Mister, Mr, ruler, signor, sir). (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | msye. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מר (acerb, bitter, embittered, esquire), א"ון (commander, master, mister, owner, possesor, proprietor, ruler), כבו"- (his honor). (various references) | |
Hungarian | úr (baboo, esq., esquire, gentleman, gentlemen, lord, lord god of hosts, master, master card, sahib, sirrah, to master). (various references) | |
Icelandic | herra (gentleman, lord, Mister, sir). (various references) | |
Irish | tuasal (noble; Mr.). (various references) | |
Italian | signore (esquire, gentleman, gentleman s, ladies, liege, Lord, madams, man, Mister, Mr, signor, sir). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 殿 (mister, person). (various references) | |
Lombard | scior (gentleman, lord). (various references) | |
Luganda | mw. (various references) | |
Malagasy | atoa. (various references) | |
Norwegian | hr, herre (gentleman, lord), herr (gentleman, lord, Mister, sir). (various references) | |
Papiamen | mener (gentleman, lord, Mister, sir, thou, ye, you), señor (gentleman, lord, Mister, sir, thou, ye, you), kabayero (gentleman, lord). (various references) | |
Pidgin English | mr. (various references) | |
Polish | pan (gentleman, lord, thou, ye, you). (various references) | |
Portuguese | senhor (baboo, boss, compere, gentleman, lord, man, master, mister, paramount, sir, you). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | sr (mister). (various references) | |
Romanian | domnul (gentleman, lord, master, Mister). (various references) | |
Russian | of mister 1, господин (baboo, governor, guv, guvnor, mister, monsieur, overlord), м-р (mr). (various references) | |
Scottish | maighstir (master, title applied to clergymen of). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | gospodin (baboo, duniwassal, esquire, gent, gentleman, mister, nibs, seigneur, sir, sircar). (various references) | |
Slovene | gospod. (various references) | |
Somali | mudane. (various references) | |
Sotho | ntate (father, sir). (various references) | |
Spanish | señor (conqueror, despot, Don, esq., esquire, gent, gentleman, lord, lordship, man, master, mister, overlord, seigneur, Sir, vassal), caballero (cavalier, cavalryman, Chevalier, doberman, gent, gentleman, knight, lord, Mister, rider, Sir, sportsman). (various references) | |
Sranan | mineri (Mister, sir). (various references) | |
Swahili | bwana (boss, gentleman, lord, master, sir). (various references) | |
Swedish | herr (baboo, esq, esquire, gentleman, gentlemen, lord, Mister, Mr.(mister), sahib, sir). (various references) | |
Tagalog | mr. (various references) | |
Tahitian | t‘ne (Mr. (man)). (various references) | |
Thai | ท่านประธานาธิบ"ี (Mr. President), คนสำคัญ (key figure, Mr. Big, somebody). (various references) | |
Tswana | rre (father). (various references) | |
Turkish | bey (Ace, Bey, Don, esquire, gentleman, governor, Lord, Mister, Monsieur, mr, Sahib, seigneur, squire, the governor), bay (gentleman, lord, Mister, Monsieur, mr, mynheer, Sir). (various references) | |
Zulu | umnumzane (gentleman, lord), ubaba (father, gentleman, lord). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dominus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"MR." is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mrb, Mre, mrp, mrx, rm. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Company Usage 14. Expressions 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Bibliography |
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