Topicala
Topicala is a simple, small, meta-search engine, that helps You find the sites you need. Created By Paul Kinlan. Web Hosting by SwitchMedia.
Search [?]  
Dictionary Results For "Mister" [?]/[OPML]
Ads By Google
Wiktionary Articles [RSS] - [GNU, www.Wiktionary.org]

See Mister

English

Etymology

mistier trade, office, ministry, need, métier trade, from ministerium service, office, ministry; or as a weak pronunciation of "master".

Pronunciation

Noun

  1. Title of respect conferred on a man, with or without a surname added.
  2. : You may sit here, mister.
  3. : You may sit here, Mister Jones.
  4. * 1855, George Musalas Colvocoresses, Four Years in the Government Exploring Expedition, J. M. Fairchild & co., page 358:
  5. *: Fine day to see sights, gentlemen. Well, misters, here's the railing round the ground, and there's the paling round the tomb, eight feet deep, six feet long, and three feet wide.
  6. * 1908, Jack Brand, By Wild Waves Tossed: An Ocean Love Story, The McClure Company, page 90:
  7. *: There's only three misters aboard this ship, or, rather, there's only two.
  8. Official title of a military man, usually anyone below rank of captain.
  9. Official form of address of a president of a nation; Mr. President.
  10. A warrant officer or cadet in the United States Military Academy at :w:West Point|West Point.
  11. An informal title used before a nickname or other moniker:
  12. : Mister Suave; Mister Baseball
  13. A device that makes or sprays mist.
  14. : Odessa D. uses a mister Sunday to fight the 106-degree heat at a NASCAR race in Fontana, California.


Usage notes

When followed by a surname, “mister” usually changes to the abbreviated form, “Mr.”.

Translations

See also


----

Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA: /miʃˈtɛɾ/

Etymology

Probably from ministerium.

Noun

mister m

  1. work, duty, task.
  2. mission, vocation.
  3. aim, goal, object.


Category:Portuguese nouns

----

Swedish

Verb

mister

  1. present tense of mista


es:mister fr:mister kk:mister hu:mister pl:mister pt:mister simple:mister fi:mister ta:mister te:mister vi:mister zh:mister

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Master \Mas"ter\ (m[.a]s"t[~e]r), n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF.
maistre, mestre, F. ma[^i]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a
double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr.
me`gas. Cf. Maestro, Magister, Magistrate, Magnitude,
Major, Mister, Mistress, Mickle.]
1. A male person having another living being so far subject
to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its
actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive
application than now.
(a) The employer of a servant.
(b) The owner of a slave.
(c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled.
(d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one
exercising similar authority.
(e) The head of a household.
(f) The male head of a school or college.
(g) A male teacher.
(h) The director of a number of persons performing a
ceremony or sharing a feast.
(i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or
horse.
(j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other
supernatural being.
[1913 Webster]

2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as,
to be master of one's time. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]

We are masters of the sea. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).
[1913 Webster]

3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application
of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.
[1913 Webster]

Great masters of ridicule. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]

No care is taken to improve young men in their own
language, that they may thoroughly understand and be
masters of it. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]

4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced
m[i^]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written
Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr.
[1913 Webster]

5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.
[1913 Webster]

Where there are little masters and misses in a
house, they are impediments to the diversions of the
servants. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually
called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy
ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly,
an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under
the commander, of sailing the vessel.
[1913 Webster]

7. A person holding an office of authority among the
Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person
holding a similar office in other civic societies.
[1913 Webster]

Little masters, certain German engravers of the 16th
century, so called from the extreme smallness of their
prints.

Master in chancery, an officer of courts of equity, who
acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by
inquiring into various matters referred to him, and
reporting thereon to the court.

Master of arts, one who takes the second degree at a
university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by
the abbreviation M. A., or A. M.

Master of the horse, the third great officer in the British
court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In
ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign.

Master of the rolls, in England, an officer who has charge
of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of
the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge
of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton.

Past master,
(a) one who has held the office of master in a lodge of
Freemasons or in a society similarly organized.
(b) a person who is unusually expert, skilled, or
experienced in some art, technique, or profession; --
usually used with at or of.

The old masters, distinguished painters who preceded modern
painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th
and 17th centuries.

To be master of one's self, to have entire self-control;
not to be governed by passion.

To be one's own master, to be at liberty to act as one
chooses without dictation from anybody.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly,
superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used
adjectively or in compounds; as, master builder or
master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master
mason or master-mason, master workman or
master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master
spirit, master passion, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Throughout the city by the master gate.
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

Master joint (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more
prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass.

Master key, a key adapted to open several locks differing
somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or
principle of general application in solving difficulties.


Master lode (Mining), the principal vein of ore.

Master mariner, an experienced and skilled seaman who is
certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel.

Master sinew (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough
of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow
place, where the windgalls are usually seated.

Master singer. See Mastersinger.

Master stroke, a capital performance; a masterly
achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of
policy.

Master tap (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw
cutting die.

Master touch.
(a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope.
(b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very
skillful work or treatment. "Some master touches of
this admirable piece." --Tatler.

Master work, the most important work accomplished by a
skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.;
also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a
masterpiece.

Master workman, a man specially skilled in any art,
handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or
employer.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Mister \Mis"ter\, v. i.
To be needful or of use. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

As for my name, it mistereth not to tell. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Mister \Mis"ter\, n. [See Master, and cf. Mistress.]
A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth.
It is usually written in the abbreviated form Mr.
[1913 Webster]

To call your name, inquire your where,
Or what you think of Mister Some-one's book,
Or Mister Other's marriage or decease. --Mrs.
Browning.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Mister \Mis"ter\, v. t.
To address or mention by the title Mr.; as, he mistered me in
a formal way. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Mister \Mis"ter\, n. [OF. mistier trade, office, ministry, need,
F. m['e]tier trade, fr. L. ministerium service, office,
ministry. See Ministry, Mystery trade.] [Written also
mester.]
1. A trade, art, or occupation. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

In youth he learned had a good mester. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

2. Manner; kind; sort. [Obs.] --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]

But telleth me what mester men ye be. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

3. Need; necessity. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet mister
n : a form of address for a man [syn: Mr]
Created By Paul Kinlan. Web Hosting by SwitchMedia.