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Webster 1913 Edition

The customary abbreviation of

Mister

in writing and printing. See

, 4.

See also: mr, Mr, MR, mr., .mr, M.R., and Appendix:Variations of "mr"

Mr. ‎(plural Messrs.)

Abbreviation of mister. A title used before the surname in theory, though not generally in practice, above some undefined social level, too old to be addressed as “Master”, not a knight or of some higher rank, and, in Britain though not in the United States, not entitled to be addressed as “Dr.”.

Mr. John Doe

Mr. Doe

Mr — see Mr

See also: mr, Mr, MR, .mr, Mr., M.R., and Appendix:Variations of "mr"

mr. m ‎(uncountable)