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
Last name — In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a man’s last name was probably the term by which he was most often addressed. Such usage has largely given way in modern times to use of his first name. It was always much rarer for a woman to be… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
last name — noun the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member s given name) • Syn: ↑surname, ↑family name, ↑cognomen • Hypernyms: ↑name • Hyponyms: ↑maiden name * * * … Useful english dictionary
Last name, Mr — The ‘Mr’ was formerly an abbreviation of ‘Master’. Between the late sixteenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century the pronunciation of ‘Master’ when used before a family name slowly changed to ‘Mister’, and a new word was… … 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
Last name, Ms — In modern times ‘Ms’ is often written before a woman’s last name. It avoids distinguishing her more precisely as either ‘Mrs’ or ‘Miss’, a distinction that many women feel is irrelevant. ‘Ms’ usually has the spoken form Miz, a pronunciation… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
first name, Miss — The younger daughters of a middle or upper class family are traditionally addressed in this way, ‘Miss’ + last name being the style used for the eldest daughter. But in general terms, ‘Miss’ + first name is used as a more respectful form of… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
Last name, little — Not a standard mode of address, but made well known in a literary context by Charles Dickens, in Little Dorrit. Amy Dorrit is about twenty two years old when she meets Arthur Clennam and falls in love with him, but she looks much younger. She… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
My Last Name — Single by Dierks Bentley from the album Dierks Bentley … Wikipedia
granny + last name — Elderly women are addressed by doctors and nurses in this way in Muriel Spark’s Memento Mori. The practice perhaps has a certain convenience in medical circumstances, avoiding the need to distinguish between ‘Miss’ and ‘Mrs’. It is also… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
