mister

mister is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

miss - mister - moment

• Mr (UK)
• Mr. (US)

• IPA ^(key): ˈmistər

1. You use mister before a man's name, usually the last name or the full name.

   Mister Brakel, the doctor will see you now.

   This is Mr. Terry McGinty.

2. You call a man mister when you don't know his name.

   Excuse me, mister, I think you dropped this.

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

   Yes, we can do that Mr. Mayor.

When you write it as part of somebody's name, you usually use Mr.

• sir

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