missus

[mis-uhz, -uhs] Origin

mis·sus

[mis-uhz, -uhs]
noun
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missus or missis (ˈmɪsɪz, -ɪs, ˈmɪsɪz, -ɪs)
 
n
1.  informal the missus one's wife or the wife of the person addressed or referred to
2.  an informal term of address for a woman
 
[C19: spoken version of Mistress]
 
missis or missis
 
n
 
[C19: spoken version of Mistress]

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missus
corruption of mistress; as oral form of Mrs., from 1790; the missus the wife attested by 1833.
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