mevrou

/ məˈfrəʊ /

noun

1. a South African title of address equivalent to Mrs when placed before a surname or madam when used alone

Word History and Origins

Origin of mevrou¹

Afrikaans

Example Sentences

Swift, even melodramatic though The Turning Wheels is, many a reader will come an early cropper over words like baas, kopje, kloof, veldt, mevrou, spruit* with which its text is besprinkled, over the de Jongs, Zwart Pietes, van der Bergs, van Reenens who make up its confusing cast of characters.

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