Mr

Other spellings

• Mr. (US)
• mister

Pronunciation

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Abbreviation

Abbreviation Mr

1. Mr is a shortened form of mister. You use Mr before a man's name, usually the last name or the full name.

   Mr Brakel, the doctor will see you now.

   This is Mr Terry McGinty.

2. You use Mr before a man's title for certain titles, such as justice, mayor, president, etc.

   Yes, we can do that Mr Mayor.

Related words

• Mrs / Mrs.
• Miss / miss
• master
• madame