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See also: Mister and míster

English

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Etymology 1

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    Unaccented variant of master,[1] attested since the 15th century.

    Noun

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    mister (plural misters)

    2. 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.
      • 1855, George Musalas Colvocoresses, Four Years in the Government Exploring Expedition, J. M. Fairchild & co., page 358:
        Fine day to see sights, gentlemen. Well, misters, here's the railing round the ground, and there's the paling round the tomb, eight feet deep, six feet long, and three feet wide.
      • 1908, Jack Brand, By Wild Waves Tossed: An Ocean Love Story, The McClure Company, page 90:
        There's only three misters aboard this ship, or, rather, there's only two.
      • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Therum:
        Liara: We have to hurry. The whole place is caving in!
        Shepard: Joker! Get the Normandy airbone and lock in on my signal. On the double, mister!
      • 2013, Asterix and the Picts, page 37:
        Asterix: What? And only now you tell us?
        Obelix: I was talking to the future queen, mister Asterix!
        Asterix: And I advise you to change your tone, mister Obelix!
        Obelix: The future queen and I don't need your advice, mister Asterix! Mister Asterix gives too much advice anyway!
    4. A man.
      There are too many misters and not enough sisters up in this club tonight, for my taste.
    Usage notes
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    As a title or form of address used before a name, normally written Mister in preference to mister, for example Mister Smith not mister Smith, though even more commonly abbreviated to Mr or Mr..

    Use of the term as a form of address by itself, without a name, may express scorn, hostility, or rebuke.

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    Verb

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    mister (third-person singular simple present misters, present participle mistering, simple past and past participle mistered)

    1. (ambitransitive) To address by the title of "mister". [from 18th c.]
      • 1837-39, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
        “Hush! hush! Mr. Sikes,” said the Jew, trembling; “don’t speak so loud!”
        “None of your mistering,” replied the ruffian; “you always mean mischief when you come that. You know my name: out with it! I shan’t disgrace it when the time comes.”

    Etymology 2

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      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”).[2] Doublet of métier.

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      mister (plural misters)

      1. (obsolete) Someone's business or function; an occupation, employment, trade.
      2. (now rare, dialectal) A kind, type of.
        • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
          The Redcrosse knight toward him crossed fast,
          To weet, what mister wight was so dismayd […].
        • 1772, William Browne, The Works of William Browne: Containing Britannia's Pastorals, page 83:
          What mister-chance hath brought thee to the field Without thy sheepe?
        • 1779, Samuel Johnson, “A Fairy Tale”, in The Works of the English Poets, page 27:
          For als he been a mister wight Betray'd by wandering in the night To tread the circled haunt;
      3. (obsolete) Need (of something).
        • 1603, Ane verie excellent and delectabill treatise intitulit Philotus:
          He is richt gude, Ane man of wealth and nobill blude, Bot hes mair mister of ane Hude.
        • 1692, Jacob Curate, The Scotch Presbyterian eloquence:
          England, that stands muckle in mister of a Reformation.
        • 1792, John Pinkerton, Scotish Poems:
          Now is over lait to preis my freind indeid , Quhan that I have sik mister, and sik neid: Better had bene be tyme I had overtane, To preis my freind, quhen mister had I nane.
      4. (obsolete) Necessity; the necessary time.
        • 1543, John Stuart, Extracts from the Council Register of the Burgh of Aberdeen:
          That the portis be mendytt and lokit and reformit as mister is.
        • 1722, John Lauder Fountainhall, Journals of Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, with his observations on public affairs and other memoranda 1665-1676:
          Which works the church had in its treasury to sell at mister.
        • 1754, John Livingston, A Brief Historical Relation of the Life of Mr J. Livingston, page 68:
          When his Máster shall say, Ha Sir, I know you well enough; ye did speak indeed but never in a mister; ye did sneak, as they use to say, when none speired at you, ye were stout then;
        • 1793, Charles Viner, A General Abridgment of Law and Equity:
          If 2 coparceners are seised of land, and one releases to the other in fee with warranty; this passes by way of mister le estate.

      Verb

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      mister (third-person singular simple present misters, present participle mistering, simple past and past participle mistered)

      1. (obsolete, impersonal) To be necessary; to matter.
        • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vii:
          As for my name, it mistreth not to tell;
          Call me the Squyre of Dames that me beseemeth well.
        • 1734, Robert Keith, The History of the Affairs of Chuch and State in Scotland, page 489:
          I mister not to write mair of Bissiness to zour Lordschip; bot, as I hear, how soon the Compris of thair Factoris is hard, that thai will gif thame new Commissionis again, or utheris in thair Placis.

      Etymology 3

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        mist +‎ -er

        Noun

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        mister (plural misters)

        1. 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.
          • 2017, Steve Alvest, The Life Actionbook:
            Use a mister and steamer. If you're avoiding fat, use an oil mister while cooking. Using a steamer for cooking can also cut down on the amount of oil you consume.
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        References

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        1. ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909), A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎[1], volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 9.31, page 259.
        2. ^ David Wallace, Chaucerian polity: absolutist lineages and associational forms in England and Italy, Stanford University Press, 1997

        Anagrams

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        Danish

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        Verb

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        mister

        1. present of miste

        Italian

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        Etymology

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          Borrowed from English mister.

          Noun

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          mister m (invariable)

          1. mister (appellation)
          2. (soccer) coach (trainer)

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          Latvian

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          Noun

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          mister m

          1. vocative singular of misters

          Middle English

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          Alternative forms

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from Anglo-Norman mester, from Medieval Latin misterium, a variant of ministerium influenced by mysterium. Doublet of mysterie (“duty”).

          Pronunciation

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          • IPA(key): /misˈtɛːr/, /ˈmistər/

          Noun

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          mister (plural mysteres)

          1. A station or position in an organisation:
            1. One's job; a profession.
            2. One's role, purpose, or duty.
            3. A proficiency; a learned talent.
          2. An association of tradespeople; a guild.
          3. Requirement; that which is necessary:
            • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “viij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VII:
              And thenne the grene knyghte kneled doune
              and dyd hym homage with his swerd
              thenne said the damoisel me repenteth grene knyghte of your dommage
              and of youre broders dethe the black knyghte
              for of your helpe I had grete myster
              For I drede me sore to passe this forest
              Nay drede you not sayd the grene knyghte
              for ye shal lodge with me this nyghte
              and to morne I shalle helpe you thorou this forest
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            • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter XV, in Le Morte Darthur, book I:
              It was by Merlyns auyse said the knyghte
              As for hym sayd kynge Carados
              I wylle encountre with kynge bors
              and ye wil rescowe me whan myster is
              go on said they al
              we wil do all that we may
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          4. A perilous or challenging situation.
          5. A situation of great want or need; penury.
          6. A custom, way, or behaviour.

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          Norwegian Bokmål

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          Verb

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          mister

          1. present tense of miste

          Norwegian Nynorsk

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          Verb

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          mister

          1. present of mista

          Polish

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          Etymology

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          Etymology tree
          Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-der.?
          Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.?
          Proto-Italic *magisteros
          Latin magister, magistrum
          Old French maistrebor.
          ▲
          Latin magisterder.
          Old English mǣġester
          Middle English maister
          English master
          English misterbor.
          Polish mister

            Borrowed from English mister.

            Pronunciation

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            Noun

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            mister m pers

            1. sir
              Synonym: pan
            2. winner of a beauty pageant

            Declension

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            Declension of mister
            singular plural
            nominative mister misterzy/mistery (deprecative)
            genitive mistera misterów
            dative misterowi misterom
            accusative mistera misterów
            instrumental misterem misterami
            locative misterze misterach
            vocative misterze misterzy

            Further reading

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            • “mister”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
            • “mister”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)

            Portuguese

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            Etymology 1

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            Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mester, *mẽester, from Latin ministerium (“employment”). Doublet of metiê and ministério.

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            Pronunciation

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            • Rhymes: -ɛɾ
            • Hyphenation: mis‧ter

            Adjective

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            mister (invariable)

            1. (law) of the utmost importance
            2. necessary
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            Noun

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            mister m (plural misteres)

            1. office, work, employment, occupation, profession
              Synonyms: ofício, profissão, serviço, trabalho
            2. position in a profession
              Synonyms: cargo, posição
            3. need; necessity
              Synonym: necessidade

            Etymology 2

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            Unadapted borrowing from English mister.

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            Noun

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            mister m (plural misters)

            1. alternative spelling of míster

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            Romanian

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            Alternative forms

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            Etymology

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            Borrowed from French mystère.

            Noun

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            mister n (plural mistere)

            1. mystery

            Declension

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            singular plural
            indefinite definite indefinite definite
            nominative-accusative mister misterul mistere misterele
            genitive-dative mister misterului mistere misterelor
            vocative misterule misterelor

            Swedish

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            Verb

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            mister

            1. present indicative of mista

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            Tagalog

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            Etymology

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            Etymology tree
            Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-der.?
            Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.?
            Proto-Italic *magisteros
            Latin magister, magistrum
            Old French maistrebor.
            ▲
            Latin magisterder.
            Old English mǣġester
            Middle English maister
            English master
            English misterbor.
            Tagalog mister

              Borrowed from English mister, from master, from Middle English maister, borrowed from Old French maistre, and from Old English mǣġester. Doublet of maestro and mistah.

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              Noun

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              mister or mistér (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)

              1. (capitalized) Mister
                Synonym: Ginoo
              2. (colloquial) husband
                Synonyms: esposo, bana, asawa

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