Messrs.

American

[mes-erz] / ˈmɛs ərz /

abbreviation

the plural of Mr.

Messrs British

/ ˈmɛsəz /

noun

the plural of Mr

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Etymology

Origin of Messrs

C18: abbreviation from French messieurs

Example Sentences

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Messrs. Gibbs and Lewis first played together in 1981, in trombonist-singer Joe Bowie’s Defunkt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

For more than 25 years, under the name Harriet Tubman, Messrs. Ross, Gibbs and Lewis have crafted a gorgeous balance of bombast and repose, and a distinctive approach to trio interplay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Over the next two decades, Mr. Woods won 67 more times on the PGA Tour—including 13 more majors—and joined Messrs. Gretzky and Jordan as the face of their sports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Messrs. Baron and Myerson showed this intuition is completely wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Goodness knows what outcrops Messrs. Caster and Mendes had looked at, because in fact many of the rock formations on both sides of the Atlantic are the same–not just very similar but the same.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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