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Miss

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See also: miss, miß, Miß, miss-, miß-, and Miss.

English

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Etymology

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From mistress.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Miss (plural Misses or Mlles)

  1. Form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
  2. Form of address for a teacher or a waitress.
    Excuse me, Miss, Donny's been pinching my pencils again.
  3. (Philippines) A respectful term of address or reference to a woman of higher rank or position before the woman's given name or nickname.

Usage notes

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  • When referring to people with the same name, either of two forms may be used: Misses Brown or Miss Browns.
  • Both Miss and Mrs are frequently replaced by Ms in current usage.
  • The use of Miss with a first name only, as in Miss Julia was common in the Southern U.S. only. Elsewhere only the full or last names were possible: Miss Brown, Miss Julia Brown.

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Miss.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Miss f (genitive Miss, plural Misses or (beauty queen) Missen)

  1. Miss (form of address)
  2. title for a beauty queen
    Miss Deutschland(please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Further reading

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  • Miss” in Duden online
  • Miss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache