first name — In the English speaking world at the present time, first names are by far the most commonly used term of address. This was by no means always the case. Until the early part of the twentieth century men who had been friends or colleagues for a… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
first name (of husband) + last name (of husband), Mrs — When writing to the wife of John Smith it is considered to be ‘correct’ to write to ‘Mrs John Smith’ rather than to ‘Mrs Mary Smith’, using her own first name. This style is very rare in speech, but it can occur in special situations. In A… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
first name / diminutive form — When speakers have agreed to use one another’s first names, there can still remain the question of which form of the name is to be used. ‘I wish to God you wouldn’t call me Wilson,’ says Edward Wilson to Louise Scobie in The Heart of the… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
Last name, Mrs — It is normally a married woman who is addressed in this way, the last name being that of her husband. This adoption of the husband’s last name is a social convention rather than a legal requirement, and in modern times an increasing number of… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
first name + last name, Miss, Mrs, or Mr — This style of address is occasionally used. In The Limits of Love, by Frederic Raphael, occurs: ‘The voice on the telephone said: “Mr Colin Adler? My name’s Cox.”’ In Brothers in Law, by Henry Cecil, a judge in court addresses a barrister as… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
Initial of last name, Mrs — In George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss, Mrs Glegg is addressed as ‘Mrs G.’ by her husband. In The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens, Mr Weller Senior also uses this form of address to his wife on at least one occasion. The peculiarity of… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
Mrs. — For other uses, see MRS (disambiguation). Mrs (UK) or Mrs. (USA, Canada) (Standard English pronunciation /mɪsəz/, like the word misses) is a honorific used for women, usually for those who are married and who do not instead use another title,… … Wikipedia
Mrs. Danvers — is the main antagonist of Daphne du Maurier s 1938 novel Rebecca. She is the housekeeper of Manderley, a stately manor belonging to wealthy Maximillian Maxim de Winter, where he once lived with his openly unfaithful wife Rebecca. Rebecca died in… … Wikipedia
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Mrs. Butterworth's — is a brand of pre packaged syrups and pancake mixes owned by Pinnacle Foods. The syrups come in distinctive bottles shaped in the form of a matronly female, Mrs. Butterworth. The packages, originally glass, are now mostly plastic. In 1997,… … Wikipedia
