Mr.

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Mr." – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Mister, usually written in its contracted form Mr. (American English) or Mr (British English),^[1] is a commonly used English honorific for men without a higher honorific, or professional title, or any of various designations of office.^[2] The title Mr derived from earlier forms of master, as the equivalent female titles Mrs, Miss, and Ms all derived from earlier forms of mistress. Master is sometimes still used as an honorific for boys and young men.

The plural form is Messrs(.),^{[note 1]} derived from the French title messieurs in the 18th century.^[3] Messieurs is the plural of monsieur (originally mon sieur, "my lord"), formed by declining both of its constituent parts separately.^[6]

Cite error: There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=note}} template (see the help page).