mister.
Alternative spelling of Mister, especially when used as a form of address without a name.
Meaning & usage
Alternative spelling of Mister, especially when used as a form of address without a name.
You may sit here, mister.
You keep away from my wife, mister.
A man.
There are too many misters and not enough sisters up in this club tonight, for my taste.
Where this word comes from
Unaccented variant of master, attested since the 15th century.
To address by the title of "mister".
Where this word comes from
Unaccented variant of master, attested since the 15th century.
Someone's business or function; an occupation, employment, trade.
A kind, type of.
Need (of something).
Necessity; the necessary time.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English mister, myster, from Anglo-Norman mester, meister (et al.), from Latin misterium, a medieval conflation of Latin ministerium (“ministry”) with Latin mysterium (“mystery”). Doublet of métier.
To be necessary; to matter.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English mister, myster, from Anglo-Norman mester, meister (et al.), from Latin misterium, a medieval conflation of Latin ministerium (“ministry”) with Latin mysterium (“mystery”). Doublet of métier.
A device that makes or sprays mist.
Odessa D. uses a mister Sunday to fight the 106-degree heat at a NASCAR race in Fontana, California.
Where this word comes from
mist + -er
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