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

I'll not cocker no men up," he declared; "not if they all goes overboard and leaves me and the missis to take 'er 'ome.

From The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various

They ought to keep a nurse, but they can't afford it, missis says; and I'm sure I'm nothing but a slave.

From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Wilson, Alexander Johnstone