messieursn.

Brit.

/meɪˈsjəː(z)/,

/məˈsjəː(z)/,

/ˈmɛsəz/, U.S.

/meɪˈsjər(z)/

Forms: 1500s– messieurs, 1600s messeuers, 1700s mesieurs, 1700s messuers. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French messieurs, monsieur.

Etymology: < French messieurs, plural (formed as though each element were a separate word) of monsieur monsieur n.MS. Titus B. i, the manuscript of Cromwell's original letter (quot. 1539 at sense 1a), appears to read ‘Mess^rs’, i.e. with the final part of the word represented by a graphic abbreviation; as Cromwell is writing of the ambassador to France it is to be presumed that messieurs is intended. For later examples of the graphic abbreviation Messrs. see Messrs. n. In sense 1b in imitation of the French use (with les). N.E.D. (1906) gives both a naturalized and a non-naturalized pronunciation for this term: (me·siŭɹz, mesiȫ) /ˈmɛsjʊəz/ /mesjø/. Earlier dictionaries, as Imperial Dict. (1850), Webster (1854), and Walker (1862), tend to agree on a relatively high degree of naturalization, with primary stress falling on the first syllable. Less naturalized pronunciations are now more common; the apparently more naturalized pronunciation /ˈmɛsəz/ corresponds closely with, and is probably influenced by, the pronunciation of the graphic abbreviation Messrs.

With plural agreement.

a. The regular French plural of monsieur n., used as a title prefixed to French names, esp. surnames, or (with omission of names) as a form of address. Also: men who would normally be addressed (individually) as ‘Monsieur’; Frenchmen, esp. Frenchmen of rank.As a prefixed title commonly represented, as in French, by the abbreviation MM.In later use as a prefixed title this may simply be sense 2, used to refer to French people.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for gentleman > for foreign gentleman or gentlemen

messire1477

monsieur1512

messieurs1539

Monsieurship1579

Mess.1750

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun]

FrenchOE

flowerc1330

fleur-de-lis1523

monsieur1673

messieurs1737

mounseer1755

Johnny Crapaud1805

1539 T. Cromwell Let. 5 Feb. in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 177 The said bishop hath bene very playn and Rownde with Messieurs of the counseill there.

a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) i. v. 126 My lords of Orleans and Nemures assisted By the messeures Philamor and Lafort.

1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse i. 10 Hey, Messieurs, Entrez.

1737 H. Fielding Tom Thumb (ed. 3) i. iii. 11 Let Rome her Cæsar's and her Scipio's show, Her Messieurs France, let Holland boast Mynheers.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 134 If there is but a cap-full of wind in or about Paris, 'tis more blasphemously sacre Dieu'd there [i.e. at the Pont Neuf] than in any other aperture of the whole city and with reason, good and cogent Messieurs.

1841 R. W. Emerson Method Nature in Wks. (1881) II. 225 Why should not then these messieurs of Versailles strut and plot for tabourets and ribbons?

1889 A. C. Gunter That Frenchman! xi. 128 The red-shirts of Messieurs Rochefort and Fleurens are uttering their cries of rage at law and order.

1994 Maclean's 13 June 37/1 Messieurs Bouchard and Jacques Parizeau..are anything but crazy.

†b. Frequently ironic. Preceding a plural (or collective) noun or noun phrase designating people by type, profession, or nature rather than by name. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1731 M. Concanen in P. Frowde Philotas Epil. 71 Messieurs the Beaux, pray what are your Emotions?

1795 Gentleman's Mag. 65 541/1 Messieurs the Critical Reviewers must therefore excuse me if I cannot surrender my knowledge of my own existence.

1796 T. W. Tone Let. in Writings (2009) II. 406 I have a thousand fine things in my head for you all if Messieurs the English allow me to pass clear.

1809 Ld. Byron Eng. Bards & Sc. Reviewers 3 (note) Messieurs the Spirits of Flood and Fell.

1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. i. 8 I warrant Messieurs the landlords, their interests would be better consulted by keeping their singers within bounds.

1876 Appletons' Jrnl. 18 Mar. 367 Seated at the back..are Messieurs the Embassadors.

†c. the Messieurs: the French. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xviii. 162 Two campaigns with the Messieurs in the Palatinate.

2. Used as a plural equivalent of English Mr n.Now chiefly in the abbreviated form Messrs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > title > for a man > for men

messieurs1705

Messrs.1740

Mess.1750

1705 Boston News-let. 12 Mar. 2/2 Monday the 12th Instant, being the Annual Election-day of Town Officers, There was Chosen to Serve as Select or Townsmen, Mesieurs, Timothy Clark, John Marrion, [etc.].

1779 F. Burney Jrnl. May in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 279 Lord Mordaunt, Messieurs Murphy, Fisher, Fitzgerald.

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xviii. 164 Lady Agnes..voted the two Messieurs Pendennis most agreeable men.

1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xvii. 258 Messieurs Sharpe and Fowler had left..in the persuasion that I was a liar of the first magnitude.

3. As a form of address (in English-speaking contexts): ‘Gentlemen’, ‘Sirs’.

ΚΠ

1789 J. Wolcot Tithe Rencounter in Wks. (1792) III. 27 Messieurs! I've search'd our ancient Modus over.

1951 S. J. Perelman in New Yorker 6 Jan. 30/3 Now, Messieurs, exposition is wearisome, so I will be succinct.

1996 Raygun Nov. 12/2 Messieurs, ‘Without a clue’ Aka Jason Cohen and Michael Krugman: Hell-o American lunatics.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	messieurs
释义	messieursn. Brit. /meɪˈsjəː(z)/, /məˈsjəː(z)/, /ˈmɛsəz/, U.S. /meɪˈsjər(z)/ Forms: 1500s– messieurs, 1600s messeuers, 1700s mesieurs, 1700s messuers. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French messieurs, monsieur. Etymology: < French messieurs, plural (formed as though each element were a separate word) of monsieur monsieur n.MS. Titus B. i, the manuscript of Cromwell's original letter (quot. 1539 at sense 1a), appears to read ‘Mess^rs’, i.e. with the final part of the word represented by a graphic abbreviation; as Cromwell is writing of the ambassador to France it is to be presumed that messieurs is intended. For later examples of the graphic abbreviation Messrs. see Messrs. n. In sense 1b in imitation of the French use (with les). N.E.D. (1906) gives both a naturalized and a non-naturalized pronunciation for this term: (me·siŭɹz, mesiȫ) /ˈmɛsjʊəz/ /mesjø/. Earlier dictionaries, as Imperial Dict. (1850), Webster (1854), and Walker (1862), tend to agree on a relatively high degree of naturalization, with primary stress falling on the first syllable. Less naturalized pronunciations are now more common; the apparently more naturalized pronunciation /ˈmɛsəz/ corresponds closely with, and is probably influenced by, the pronunciation of the graphic abbreviation Messrs. With plural agreement. 1. a. The regular French plural of monsieur n., used as a title prefixed to French names, esp. surnames, or (with omission of names) as a form of address. Also: men who would normally be addressed (individually) as ‘Monsieur’; Frenchmen, esp. Frenchmen of rank.As a prefixed title commonly represented, as in French, by the abbreviation MM.In later use as a prefixed title this may simply be sense 2, used to refer to French people. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for gentleman > for foreign gentleman or gentlemen messire1477 monsieur1512 messieurs1539 Monsieurship1579 Mess.1750 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] FrenchOE flowerc1330 fleur-de-lis1523 monsieur1673 messieurs1737 mounseer1755 Johnny Crapaud1805 1539 T. Cromwell Let. 5 Feb. in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 177 The said bishop hath bene very playn and Rownde with Messieurs of the counseill there. a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) i. v. 126 My lords of Orleans and Nemures assisted By the messeures Philamor and Lafort. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse i. 10 Hey, Messieurs, Entrez. 1737 H. Fielding Tom Thumb (ed. 3) i. iii. 11 Let Rome her Cæsar's and her Scipio's show, Her Messieurs France, let Holland boast Mynheers. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 134 If there is but a cap-full of wind in or about Paris, 'tis more blasphemously sacre Dieu'd there [i.e. at the Pont Neuf] than in any other aperture of the whole city and with reason, good and cogent Messieurs. 1841 R. W. Emerson Method Nature in Wks. (1881) II. 225 Why should not then these messieurs of Versailles strut and plot for tabourets and ribbons? 1889 A. C. Gunter That Frenchman! xi. 128 The red-shirts of Messieurs Rochefort and Fleurens are uttering their cries of rage at law and order. 1994 Maclean's 13 June 37/1 Messieurs Bouchard and Jacques Parizeau..are anything but crazy. †b. Frequently ironic. Preceding a plural (or collective) noun or noun phrase designating people by type, profession, or nature rather than by name. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1731 M. Concanen in P. Frowde Philotas Epil. 71 Messieurs the Beaux, pray what are your Emotions? 1795 Gentleman's Mag. 65 541/1 Messieurs the Critical Reviewers must therefore excuse me if I cannot surrender my knowledge of my own existence. 1796 T. W. Tone Let. in Writings (2009) II. 406 I have a thousand fine things in my head for you all if Messieurs the English allow me to pass clear. 1809 Ld. Byron Eng. Bards & Sc. Reviewers 3 (note) Messieurs the Spirits of Flood and Fell. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. i. 8 I warrant Messieurs the landlords, their interests would be better consulted by keeping their singers within bounds. 1876 Appletons' Jrnl. 18 Mar. 367 Seated at the back..are Messieurs the Embassadors. †c. the Messieurs: the French. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xviii. 162 Two campaigns with the Messieurs in the Palatinate. 2. Used as a plural equivalent of English Mr n.Now chiefly in the abbreviated form Messrs. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > title > for a man > for men messieurs1705 Messrs.1740 Mess.1750 1705 Boston News-let. 12 Mar. 2/2 Monday the 12th Instant, being the Annual Election-day of Town Officers, There was Chosen to Serve as Select or Townsmen, Mesieurs, Timothy Clark, John Marrion, [etc.]. 1779 F. Burney Jrnl. May in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 279 Lord Mordaunt, Messieurs Murphy, Fisher, Fitzgerald. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xviii. 164 Lady Agnes..voted the two Messieurs Pendennis most agreeable men. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xvii. 258 Messieurs Sharpe and Fowler had left..in the persuasion that I was a liar of the first magnitude. 3. As a form of address (in English-speaking contexts): ‘Gentlemen’, ‘Sirs’. ΚΠ 1789 J. Wolcot Tithe Rencounter in Wks. (1792) III. 27 Messieurs! I've search'd our ancient Modus over. 1951 S. J. Perelman in New Yorker 6 Jan. 30/3 Now, Messieurs, exposition is wearisome, so I will be succinct. 1996 Raygun Nov. 12/2 Messieurs, ‘Without a clue’ Aka Jason Cohen and Michael Krugman: Hell-o American lunatics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1539
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