missus

[ mis-uhz, -uhs ]

noun

1. a variant of missis.

missus

/ ˈmɪsɪz; -ɪs /

noun

1. the missus informal.
   one's wife or the wife of the person addressed or referred to
2. an informal term of address for a woman

Word History and Origins

Origin of missus¹

C19: spoken version of Mistress

Example Sentences

But he told another eyewitness: "My missus has just crashed her car."

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"It can be for your kids and your missus, but for you, that's the start of training camp."

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"I was more worried for my missus and my kids and my grandkids than I was for me," he said.

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He added: "My missus was on the phone to me that night crying to me and my daughter. How does that make me feel?"

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"I'd be coming home from work, gambling before the kids or me missus came home. I started taking my phone into the bathroom with me when I was having a bath, things like that."

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Related Words

• female
• girl
• woman