- a variation of missis.
missus
Americannoun
noun
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informal one's wife or the wife of the person addressed or referred to
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an informal term of address for a woman
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of missus
C19: spoken version of Mistress
Example Sentences
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The monster’s missus comes with as much narrative anticipation as Godot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
"I stood in the kitchen and my missus said to me, 'Hey Usman, I've never seen you look like this before', and I just burst into tears."
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
The worst time I had was always when I was alone, before the game in the hotel or when my missus or my family were not around.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
I always say to my missus or to my parents and brother: 'I don't need anything.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
“The missus likes being difficult, methinks,” she’d said, her accent so thick that Ophie had barely understood her.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
“Oh,” said the woman sharply, “this is no time far ma’aming and bowing and scraping; servants and missuses is all human beings together when they’re in trouble, and folks don’t make no difference between them.”
From A Double Knot by Fenn, George Manville
“The missuses a-goin’ to a dinner, of course?
From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by Fenn, George Manville
I'm told the road is black with them--weavers from the Valleys and their missuses, every sort of 'em with a note in his fist!
From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.
Ay, but we missuses have but a sorry time!”
From Patience Wins War in the Works by Fenn, George Manville
If we capsized yew we should capsize ourselves too, and what’s more, our missuses at home, and that wouldn’t do.
From To The West by Fenn, George Manville
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