Messrs.
abbreviation
the plural of Mr.
Messrs.
American
[mes-erz]
/ ˈmɛs ərz /
abbreviation
Messrs
British
/ ˈmɛsəz /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Messrs
C18: abbreviation from French messieurs
Example Sentences
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At heart, his criticism of Messrs. Starmer, Streeting and Burnham is that they’re all following this faction or that rather than setting out a coherent program and then working to convince voters.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Messrs. Curtin and Burgess implicate an entire influential field of literature projecting future climate damages.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Messrs. Curtin and Burgess show that the method underlying this subfield of economics can’t do what researchers claim it can.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Messrs. Trump and Xi will look for areas of mutual cooperation and explore ways to work together on security and threats from nonstate actors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Thank heaven Messrs. Voce had sent my dress in time.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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