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Messrs.

[ mes-erz ]

abbreviation for

  1. the plural of Mr.


Messrs

/ ˈmɛsəz /

noun

  1. the plural of Mr
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Messrs.1

C18: abbreviation from French messieurs
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Example Sentences

So, Messrs. Gramm and Hubbard, sure, by all means, let's replicate what Reagan did.

Oddest of all, perhaps, is why Messrs. Bowles and Simpson thought it necessary to include a cap on taxes.

Well, Messrs. Simpson and Bowles call for a $3 billion reduction in annual farm subsidies.

But not the kind that Messrs Sarkozy and Hague are prescribing.

But for a moment let's try to forget his self-proclaimed kinship with Messrs Gandhi, King, and Mandela.

Mrs. Wurzel was quite right; they had been supplied, regardless of cost, from Messrs. Rochet and Stole's well-known establishment.

But the ill-natured people were quite wrong; it was not Messrs. Jones who paid Mrs. Charmington's bills.

Ill-natured people said that Mrs. Charmington owed a great deal to Messrs. Jones.

Messrs. Spick and Span's representative was wounded in his tenderest point, but his firm carried out the order to the letter.

Part of that idea was sham bric-à-brac, the rest was carte blanche to Messrs. Spick and Span.

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