missis

American  

[mis-iz, -is] / ˈmɪs ɪz, -ɪs /

Also missus

noun

1. Older Use. wife.

   I'll have to ask the missis.

2. the mistress of a household.

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missis British  

/ -ɪs, ˈmɪsɪz /

noun

1. a variant spelling of missus

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Etymology

Origin of missis

First recorded in 1780–90; variant of mistress

Example Sentences

The headline reads, “Piping the Aldi mayo into the same Hellman’s bottle we’ve had for a year so the missis will not know she’s a commoner.”

From Fox News • Sep. 24, 2019

“This is when I started driving the missis crazy, because I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up,” Dupre said.

From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2014

Yep, he and the missis were planning to take a vacation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then I would be able to take my missis home to England, and she would live the life she was fit for and be as fine a lady as any of ’em at home.

From Luck at the Diamond Fields by Belgrave, Dalrymple J.

"The missis is going off again; I be certain sure on't."

From The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry