mr

Everyday

Mr: a polite title used before a man's family name or full name, like Mr Smith or Mr John Brown. It is short for «Mister». tree →

In the lessons

At school pupils call male teachers «Mr» plus their surname (Mr Jones). In letters and forms people write Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms or Mx. In stories and picture books characters often have names like Mr Fox or Mr Men. Manners: use the title until an adult tells you to use their first name.

Examples

• Good morning, Mr Patel! tree →
• Mr Brown is our new PE teacher. tree →
• Write «Dear Mr Lee» at the start of the letter. tree →
• Mr and Mrs Green live next door. tree →
• Mr Fox was very clever in the story. tree →
• Please give this note to Mr Wilson. tree →
• "Thank you, Mr. Wolf," said she. tree →

Note

Write it with a capital M. In British, Irish, Australian and NZ English it is written «Mr» with no full stop; in American and Canadian English «Mr.» with a period. Mrs = a married woman; Miss = an unmarried girl or woman; Ms = any woman; Mx = a title that does not show gender.

In Jewish tradition

At school pupils call male teachers «Mr» plus their surname (Mr Jones). In letters and forms people write Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms or Mx. In stories and picture books characters often have names like Mr Fox or Mr Men. Manners: use the title until an adult tells you to use their first name.

Examples

• 'Alter having written this supplement I lound that Mr. S. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Astle, The Origin and Progress of Writing, London 1784, p. 41: rhu!', IX, 354, 439). <)r he could have meant Jewish astronomers like JIashallah, who was called by Abraham ibn Eira an Indian sage (mr; Din) (see M. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Write it with a capital M. In British, Irish, Australian and NZ English it is written «Mr» with no full stop; in American and Canadian English «Mr.» with a period. Mrs = a married woman; Miss = an unmarried girl or woman; Ms = any woman; Mx = a title that does not show gender.