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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a form of address for a married woman [syn: Mrs, Mrs.]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural Mesdames) Etymology: Mrs. abbreviation of mistress; Mesdames from French, plural of Madame Date: circa 1578 1. a. — used as a conventional title of courtesy except when usage requires the substitution of a title of rank or an honorific or professional title before a married woman's surname <spoke to Mrs. Doe> b. — used before the name of a place (as a country or city) or of a profession or activity (as a sport) or before some epithet (as clever) to form a title applied to a married woman viewed or recognized as representative of the thing indicated <Mrs. Golf> 2. wife <took the Mrs. to dinner>