单词 | mistah |
释义 | Mistahn. Chiefly U.S. and Caribbean. Mister. Usually prefixed to a name.Chiefly as a respectful form of address in representations of African-American and black Caribbean speech. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for a man liefc907 goodmanOE beausirec1300 sir1320 lede1377 fatherhood1461 gallant1488 fatherhead?a1500 Mr?a1640 gallantissimoa1681 mister1734 massa1766 sieur1772 stira1796 master1798 zurr1803 sieur1812 squire1828 guv'nor1843 Mistah1853 sor1891 suh1894 1853 C. Guild Dodge's Private Performance 17/2 in R. Morris Faithful Slave Aw! Is Mistah Dodge heah? 1855–8 ‘N. Buntline’ Miriam, or Jew's Daughter iii. 10 Wid a little sugar in it, if you please, Mista Joe? 1875 E. King Great South lxxxviii. 788 Sometimes the natives whom we encountered would say, ‘Mistah’, and pause, as if expecting you to supply your name. 1895 C. L. Edwards Bahamas Songs & Stories 95 She hax Miste' Sammy. 1926 E. Walrond in S. Brown & J. Wickham Oxf. Bk. Caribbean Short Stories (1999) 26 Mistah Rum, you gwine play de guitah tee nite, no? 1993 V. Headley Excess ii. 11 Mek me tell yuh somet'ing, mista police. 2003 Guardian (Nexis) 10 May (Sport section) 6 We'd leave the car in the capable hands of the Moss Side tots (‘Can I mind your car, mistah?’) who promised not to let down the tyres if we paid them the going rate. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853 |
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