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MISTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of address for a man
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Mister" is a kind of...):
form of address; title; title of respect (an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. 'Mr.' or 'General')
Context examples:
"I maka da kids worka da pole an' da hub an' da barrel. Him da smarta man, Mister Eden."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
“See here, mister! he cried, with a gleam of suspicion in his eyes, “you’re not trying to scare me over this, are you? If the lady is hurt as bad as you say, who was it that wrote this note?”
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Say, mister,” he added, as his eyes fell upon the safe from which the curtain was now removed, “you don’t tell me you keep your papers in that?”
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“What a prophet you have shown yourself, Mister Copperfield!” pursued Uriah.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“But look here, mister, I don’t care for folk poking about my place without my leave, so the sooner you pay your score and get out of this the better I shall be pleased.”
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If I didn’t dare things, mister, I wouldn’t be in your service.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“And you, Master—I should say, Mister Copperfield,” pursued Uriah.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I don’t stand for that, mister, but there’s a stool pigeon or a cross somewhere, and it’s up to you to find out where it is.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“You have heard something, I des-say, of a change in my expectations, Master Copperfield,—I should say, Mister Copperfield?” observed Uriah.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Mister Von Bork, you have a great deal to answer for.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
