Messrs.

American  

[mes-erz] / ˈmɛs ərz /

abbreviation

1. the plural of Mr.

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Messrs British  

/ ˈmɛsəz /

noun

1. the plural of Mr

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Etymology

Origin of Messrs

C18: abbreviation from French messieurs

Example Sentences

Messrs. Lynton and Steiner recount their own errors in judgment and tap their impressive Rolodexes to learn about others’ mistakes.

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Shortly after he was sent a subpoena, according to Mr. Smith’s indictment, Messrs. Nauta and De Oliveira sought to purge the club’s surveillance footage.

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Porcaro and Messrs. Hungate and Paich would form Toto in 1977.

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England has a rather vague common-law offense called “misconduct in public office,” and it is this law under which Messrs. Mountbatten-Windsor and Mandelson were investigated—after suggestions in the Epstein files that they might have passed confidential government information to Epstein.

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But the foundation of the group was the friendship between Messrs. Setzer and Drucker, both of whom grew up in musical families—Mr. Setzer’s parents played in the Cleveland Orchestra—and exhibit a wry, reserved intelligence as two of chamber music’s elder statesmen.

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