单词 | mister |
释义 | mistern.1 Scottish and English regional (Yorkshire) in later use. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete. I. Occupation, service, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > duties > [noun] wikec1000 workOE wikenc1175 misterc1225 curec1300 officec1330 ward1338 duty1375 parta1382 businessc1400 commissionc1450 besoigne1474 roomth?1504 function1533 exercitation1737 pidgin1807 job1841 biz1862 c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Bodl.) (1938) 22 (MED) Mi meoster [c1225 Royal mester] is to do riht forte demen. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 58 Halde vhan his aȝe mester. & naut ne reaui oðeres. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 212 Marthe meoster is to feden poure & schruden as hus leafdi. c1390 Castle of Love (Vernon) (1967) 478 Rihtes mester hit is and wes; In vche dom pees to maken. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 2154 (MED) Sem had fiue suns sere; Of an to spek es our mistere. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 6976 I am somtyme messager, That fallith not to my myster. a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 352 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 309 Now speke we wylle of officiers Of court, and als of hor mestiers. c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1921) II. ii. 3588 Wit..kend him with ane souerane slycht For to knaw the points all That euer may to that mister fall. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > [noun] mister?c1225 studyc1350 occupation?1387 businessc1405 entermise1490 occupying1548 banking1660 improvement1670 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 68 Þus ha beoð aa bisie in þis fule meoster. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 536 And ðe fifte hundred ger, Wapmen bi-gunnen quad mester, Bi-twen hem-seluen hun-wreste plage. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 29319 Þe tent [case of cursing] es of þis okerers þat openli dose sli misters. a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. 11576 (MED) We haue now al þis fyue ȝer Lyued in lechours mester. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xii. 414 Thai maid knychtis, as it efferis To men that oysis thai mysteris. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 65 Vlfyn..thow knowest wele what longeth to soche mystere; I pray the helpe me..and speke so to hir. 1532 (?a1400) Romaunt Rose 7407 (MED) And FalsSemblant..[Had], as it were for such mister, Don on the cope of a frer. c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1921) II. ii. 2481 Quhat tua thingis dois ȝow to dre Sorrow..In the mister of lufing? ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > craft crafteOE craftworkOE handcraftOE mister?c1225 cunning1340 arta1393 mysterya1400 sciencec1485 handicraft1523 mechanic1604 magistery1647 tradecraft1842 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 158 Ha [sc. jugglers] biforen hond leorneð hare meoster to makien grim chere. c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 549 (MED) We beþ kniȝtes ȝonge..& of vre mestere So is þe manere Wiþ sume oþere kniȝte Wel for his lemman fiȝte Or he eni wif take. c1387–95 G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. 613 In youthe he hadde lerned a good myster; He was a wel good wrighte, a carpenter. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1692 Of hem that ben Artificiers, Whiche usen craftes and mestiers. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 11840 He..dos him lethes [read leches] for to seke, And þai com bath fra ferr and ner, Þat sliest war o þat mister. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 169 Respons þei gaf him þere, ‘þei were men of mistere’. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 27 For to mayntene the noble mestier of armes. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 106 Every man schold apply hymselfe to hys mystere & craft. 1613 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. i. 11 As one who well knew his mistier. 4. attributive (and in the genitive). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] churla800 werec900 rinkeOE wapmanc950 heOE wyeOE gomeOE ledeOE seggeOE shalkOE manOE carmanlOE mother bairnc1225 hemea1250 mother sona1250 hind1297 buck1303 mister mana1325 piecec1325 groomc1330 man of mouldc1330 hathela1350 sire1362 malea1382 fellowa1393 guestc1394 sergeant?a1400 tailarda1400 tulka1400 harlotc1405 mother's sona1470 frekea1475 her1488 masculinea1500 gentlemana1513 horse?a1513 mutton?a1513 merchant1549 child1551 dick1553 sorrya1555 knavea1556 dandiprat1556 cove1567 rat1571 manling1573 bird1575 stone-horse1580 loona1586 shaver1592 slave1592 copemate1593 tit1594 dog1597 hima1599 prick1598 dingle-dangle1605 jade1608 dildoa1616 Roger1631 Johnny1648 boy1651 cod1653 cully1676 son of a bitch1697 cull1698 feller1699 chap1704 buff1708 son of a gun1708 buffer1749 codger1750 Mr1753 he-man1758 fella1778 gilla1790 gloak1795 joker1811 gory1819 covey1821 chappie1822 Charley1825 hombre1832 brother-man1839 rooster1840 blokie1841 hoss1843 Joe1846 guy1847 plug1848 chal1851 rye1851 omee1859 bloke1861 guffin1862 gadgie1865 mug1865 kerel1873 stiff1882 snoozer1884 geezer1885 josser1886 dude1895 gazabo1896 jasper1896 prairie dog1897 sport1897 crow-eater1899 papa1903 gink1906 stud1909 scout1912 head1913 beezer1914 jeff1917 pisser1918 bimbo1919 bozo1920 gee1921 mush1936 rye mush1936 basher1942 okie1943 mugger1945 cat1946 ou1949 tess1952 oke1970 bra1974 muzhik1993 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > manual worker > skilled worker or craftsman wright?a695 craftyeOE craftimanOE craftmanc1275 wroughtc1275 master-mana1325 mister mana1325 craftsmana1382 man of craft1389 artificera1393 handcraftman?c1480 handcraftsman1485 mechanic1509 handcrafta1525 handicraftsman1530 artisana1538 handicraftmana1544 handicraft1547 artsman1551 artist1563 mechanician1570 tradesmana1591 mechanical1600 mechanist1606 Daedal?1614 blue apron1629 Daedalus1631 crafter1643 fitter1648 mystery-man1671 toolsman1821 fundi1860 tradie1912 craftspersona1917 a1325 St. Mary of Egypt (Corpus Cambr.) 13 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 136 (MED) No mester mon non nas inis mester, so prest ne so queinte Þat he[o] nas to bringe men in sunne. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 39 Zuyche reuen, prouost, bedeles, oþre mesteres men, huiche þet hy byeþ. a1350 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Harl.) 264 in K. Böddeker Altengl. Dichtungen (1878) 298 Of alle mester men mest me hongeþ þeues. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 27261 (MED) All mister men wirkand wit handes. c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 247 Othere mister men þat brouȝten with hem dyuers instrumentis. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 2 (MED) Now þe myster-man takith his bowe, and woll schete att þe ymage. b. A type, class, or kind of ——. Now only in interrogative or indefinite clauses, as what mister ——? Cf. manner n. 1. Now English regional (Yorkshire) (rare). [The development of sense appears to have been from phrases like all mister men , what mister man , such a mister man (in sense 4a), which were reanalysed as ‘men of all misters’, ‘a man of what mister’, ‘a man of such a mister’, and subsequently interpreted as meaning ‘men of all classes’, ‘a man of what (such a) class or kind’, ‘what kind of a man’, etc. The idiom occurs as an archaism in Spenser and other writers of the early modern period, from whom it was adopted (but with misapprehension of its meaning) by Pope and Scott.] ΚΠ a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) 506 (MED) Of eche muster men some sholde ysaued beo. c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) 1326 Al þi ken schal witen and sen, What mester womman þon hauest iben. c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1710 But telleth me what myster men ye been. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 6332 Now am I maister, now scoler, Now monk, now chanoun, now baily; Whatever myster man am I. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 63 (MED) Ayens suich a mister man it is good to haue suich a gorgeer. a1500 (c1400) St. Erkenwald (1977) 60 Mony a mesters-mon of maners dyverse. c1530 Court of Love 227 Seeing full sundry peple in the place, And mister folk. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. H8 To weet, what mister wight was so dismayd. 1593 M. Drayton Idea vii. sig. G4 These mister artes been better fitting thee. 1620 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes ii. sig. Dv What mister word is that? 1728 A. Pope Dunciad iii. 179 Right well mine eyes arede that myster wight. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. ix. 117 Sometimes this mister wight held his hands clasped over his head. View more context for this quotation 1872 Yorks. Mag. 2 113/2 In Yorkshire, ‘what mister?’ means what kind. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art listOE craftOE artc1300 castc1320 misterc1390 mystery1610 c1390 Cato's Distichs (Vernon) 547 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 600 (MED) Mester [L. Ars; Fr. le art] wol not fayle þi lyf, Hit nul þe neuere forsake. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 156 And he lepte vp lightly as he that hadde grete mystere. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 444 I haue na myster to matche with maisterfull men. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > [noun] toolc888 loomc900 ginc1300 instrumentc1392 machinamentc1425 work-loomc1425 oustil1477 mistera1525 appliance1565 device1570 utensil1604 conveniency1660 contrivance1667 ruler1692 machine1707 implements1767 dial1839 dog1859 a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 207 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 101 He couth wryte wounder fair With his neb for mistar. 7. a. Need or want of something specified; esp. in to have mister of. In early use also with to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > need [verb (transitive)] behovec890 to have mister ofc1300 needa1382 requirec1392 misterc1450 lack1530 note1710 the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > of something misterc1300 indigence?14.. necessity?a1425 indigencya1620 requirance1662 c1300 Assumption of Virgin (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1901) l. 68 And sike heo broȝte in here bedde. Nas þer non so hol ne fer, Þat to hire nadde mester. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 3428 Ȝou worþ to hem wel gret mister. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 3247 Wit tresur grette and riche ring, Suilk als maiden had of mister. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 4718 Was neuer mare mister [a1400 Fairf. meister; a1400 Gött. nede] o bred. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 28275 (MED) Þai suld haue to me mister. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 113 (MED) Godd hase na mister of mete [Fr. ne deuoient point pour manger] ne drink. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vii. 180 Yf they have mystre of vs, Lete vs goo helpe & socoure theym. a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) 6253 Tho which had grett necessite, Both mister and ned vnto som goodnesse. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. v. v. 160 Þe ciete had grete myster of money, havand sa mony armyis to gif wagis to. 1603 Philotus xv. sig. A4v He is richt gude, Ane man of wealth and nobill blude, Bot hes mair mister of ane Hude. 1692 ‘J. Curate’ Sc. Presbyterian Eloquence iv. 114 England, that stands muckle in mister of a Reformation. b. Without preposition. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 20793 (MED) Disput, he saies, es na mister Bituix te wis in swilk a wer. c1440 (?c1350) in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 25 (MED) Oure Lord Ihesu lerres man all þat he hase myster till þe lyfe þat es callid actyfe. c. to have mister: to need or require to do a specified thing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > need [verb (intransitive)] > need to do something to have needOE to have mistera1400 a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Mister Laued men haues mar mister Godes word forto her Than klerkes. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 67 (MED) I haf ȝerned and ȝat ȝokkez of oxen..to bowe haf I mester, To see hem pulle in þe plow aproche me byhovez. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 186 (MED) He had myster to com home. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) 581 To the mownteyne he toke the wey To Rest hyme, all that day, He had myster, to be kyld [= cooled]. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) v. 28 Ve haue mistir to be vigilant ande reddy, sen the terme of cristis cumming is schort. a1599 R. Rollock Sel. Wks. (1849) I. 301 We have the mair mister to tak tent to thir thingis. 8. Need arising from the circumstances or facts of a case; necessity. mister is (also (it) is mister): it is necessary. Obsolete.In predicative use sometimes adjectival in sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > need arising from the circumstances needeOE mistera1325 mist?a1425 occasion1545 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xi. 64 For þat te writes of quo waranto habbez iben longe hanginde, ant for þat me ne couþe noȝt þe issue of hoem ase fur forth ase mister were, [etc.]. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1388 (MED) In his schip was boun Al þat mister ware. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1919 Mete & al maner þing þat hem mister neded. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 24810 O siluer and gold giftes to bede, Mar þan mister es to rede. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 28377 (MED) I ha ben mare Grenand and greueand þan mister ware. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 7373 Helle..es..swa depe..þat it moght kepe Alle þe creatures..Of alle þe world, if myster ware. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 32 I woll encountir with kynge Bors, and ye woll rescow me whan myster ys. a1500 (?c1400) Song of Roland (1880) 321 And we may son help yf me þink myster. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 11815 Þat mys to amend, is maistur ye go To the corse of þat kyng in his cleane towmbe. 1543 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 191 That the portis be mendytt and lokit and reformit as mister is. 1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. C3 Be wer..And mend geue ony myster be. 1600 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) II. 286 Hald me excused for my vnsemly Letter, qhilk is nocht sa veil vrettin as mister ver. 1612 in P. J. Anderson Fasti Acad. Mariscallanae Aberdonensis (1889) I. 126 And imploy all their moyen if mister be. a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 42 Which works the church had in its treasury to sell at mister. 9. a. Scottish in later use. A condition in which help is needed, or there is a lack of some necessary thing; a state of difficulty or distress; esp. a state of destitution. in (also at) (one's) mister: in needy circumstances. Also (occasionally) in plural. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] waedlec888 wanspeedc893 wanea1100 wandrethc1175 miseasea1200 povertya1225 lowness?c1225 needc1225 orcostc1225 poorness?a1300 unwealtha1300 defaultc1300 porailc1325 straitnessa1340 poorhead1340 mischiefa1375 miseasetya1382 needinessa1382 misterc1385 indigencec1386 scarcitya1387 noughtc1400 scantnessc1400 necessity?1406 penurya1425 povertnessa1434 exilitya1439 wantc1450 scarcenessc1475 needinga1500 povertiesa1500 penurity?a1505 poortith?a1513 debility1525 tenuity1535 leanness1550 lack1555 Needham1577 inopy1581 pinching1587 dispurveyance1590 egency1600 macritude1623 penuriousness1630 indigency1631 needihood1648 necessitousness1650 egestuosity1656 straitened circumstancesa1766 unopulence1796 Queer Street1811 lowliness1834 breadlessness1860 unwealthiness1886 out-of-elbowness1890 secondary poverty1901 Short Street1920 the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] tharf735 needOE misterc1385 opportunity?a1475 suffrete1481 needing?a1513 scantc1550 want1551 necessitude1839 c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1340 I noot which hath the wofuller myster. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 803 Þai cled þam þan in þat mister Wit leues brad, bath o figer. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 10134 (MED) For-þi rede i þaim þat yee here þat mai yow help at [a1400 Gött. in] your mistere. a1450 York Plays (1885) 41 Me liste do no daies dede, Bot yf gret mystir me garte. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1774 (MED) For mestire [a1500 Trin. Dub. mister] & miserie, vnneth may þou forthe Þine awen caitefe cors to clethe & to fede. c1480 (a1400) St. Katherine 248 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 449 Gret mystere gert me assemble ȝou & call. 1487 Thewis Gud Women (St. John's Cambr.) 288 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 97 Sic mysteris haldis madynnis In That þai ar pynit with pouerte. 1549–50 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Stirling (1887) I. 58 Neid and mister compellit hir to sell the saidis warklumes to sustene hir. 1571 G. Buchanan Admonitioun Trew Lordis sig. A.5v Saying that thay enterit thame in danger, and supportit thame not in mister. a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. D4 Mister makes men of craft. a1700 J. Maidment New Bk. Old Ballads (1844) 14 And fatt although my minny baik A bannock in here mister. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 27 To come alang sweer was she to intreat, An' yet I kend her mister to be great. 1836 A. Cunningham Lord Roldan I. 2 Ye hae helped me and relieved me in my hard mister and weirscales. b. to have mister: to be in straits or necessity; to be in want of something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] to have needOE needa1300 to have mistera1400 to be low in the world1521 lack1523 pinch1549 to be beforehand (also behindhand) in (or with) the world1615 to feel the pinch1861 to feel the draught1925 the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > be in difficulties or straits to be hard bested?c1225 to be hard set1387 to be hard (straitly, stiffly, etc.) steada1400 to have mistera1400 charge1487 to be hard (also sorely, etc.) put to ita1616 straiten1647 to be ill set1673 press1813 to be up a gum tree1829 push1863 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 19044 (MED) At þair gain come mete þai gaue, Ilkan þat þai sagh mister haue. 1432 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 22 (MED) Item, to ye Goddes house in Paradise a rough felt..to lay on ye pore folke yt hafe mystre in ye wynter. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 743 Till releif thame that had mister. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 249 Socoure vs for the love of Ihesus, for we have well mystre. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 97 Bot he will gif and len his gude at large, Till thame that myster hes. 10. Chiefly Scottish. a. In plural. Necessary articles, fittings, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [noun] > that which is necessary > necessaries necessarya1382 necessars1386 necessity?1406 mister1477 needment1590 implements1612 needfuls1614 vitals1657 essentiality1710 fundamentals1864 needcessities1874 1477 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 182 Gyff thai wald..fynd hym his mysteris qwhylk that stud hym in gret necessite and fawt of his lewyng. a1500 ( Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) (1953) iv. xxxvii. f. 134v Alle tho mystres, whiche that apperteynen to the body without, as clothyng howsynge and defense ageyne dyuerse perylles. 1513 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 481 Item for ⅓c Swetyn burdis to the said Lorence for misteris in the schippis. c1550 Clariodus (1830) iv. 497 Scho..gart be gevine unto them also ane thowsand pund..To by thair misteris. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 29 (Stat. Rob. I) Reseruand to the tutours their reasonable misterres and necessare expenses. b. A necessity. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1829 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 147 Warld's gear was henceforward the least of her care, nor was it likely to be muckle her mister. 11. Scottish. A matter or respect in which some necessity or want is felt; a case of need. Obsolete.Frequently used with verb to beet: see beet v. 3. ΚΠ ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 44 He..may nought beit worght a bene in bed of my mystirs. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. viii. 105 To hew, and tak Tymmer to beit ayris and wther mysteris. 1638 H. Adamson Muses Threnodie 72 Elcho nunrie, where the holy sisters Suppli'd were by the Fratres in their misters. 1721 A. Ramsay Scribblers Lash'd 78 To please the sighing sisters, Who often beet them in their misters. 1823 J. Hogg in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 314 If twa or three hunder pounds can beet a mister for you in a strait, ye sanna want it. c1850 Crawford MS in Sc. National Dict. (1965) (at cited word) To kep a stress, to beit an orra mister = to supply an extraordinary occasion, to make a shift. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). mistern.2 1. a. A title of courtesy prefixed to the surname or first name of a man without a higher, honorific, or professional title.The word in modern use may be best described as the oral equivalent of the written prefix Mr (see Mr n.). It is now usually written in its abbreviated form, and tends only to be given in full in cases where some humorous or ironic emphasis is intended. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for gentleman masterlOE Danc1330 gentleman1416 denc1425 mastership1438 mister1523 maship1526 mast?1548 esquire1552 masterdom1575 squire1645 gentlemanship1653 Mus'1875 1523 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Paied to a carpenter by grete for mendyng of Myster Collettis house. 1551 in Acts Privy Council (1891) III. 397 To suffer the ij Mysters Bassetes to have accesse and speake..with theyre brother. 1641–2 Mrs. Briver Let. 15 Mar. in J. T. Gilbert Hist. Irish Confederation (1882) ii. 14 This passadge of Mister Richard Buttler hapened the day affter the Twelve Day. 1664 H. Bold Poems 149 Potions and Vomits, with a Glyster, Bolus and Mass of Pills, for Mister Bold. 1706 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1886) II. 302 My best hat which is at Mister Rigedales in Ripon. 1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions II. 42 'Squire Franklin meant to do great things for Mister Dellmore. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 145 Mister Broker, is that 'ere your carpet-bag? 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour viii. xliv. 245 Spraggon took advantage of a dead silence to call up the table to Mister Sponge to take wine.., and by-and-by Mister Sponge ‘Mistered’ Mr. Spraggon to return the compliment. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin vii. 109 Who asked you to put your oar in, Mister Billings? 1987 A. Price New Kind of War ii. 22 The sergeant's ‘Mister Audley’ and his slight disdain. b. In extended use, forming a humorous or mocking title. ΚΠ 1672 J. Phillips Maronides (1678) v. 88 The second fool whom fortune favours Was Mister Mnesteus, a Sea-Mavors. 1704 E. Ward Helter Skelter 26 And so good Night t'ye, Mister High-Church, I'm sure I ne'er shall be of Thy Church. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. Ded. p. xvi O Jupiter, some water, a little water, dear mister Jupiter, water, water, water. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xiii ‘Yes; and indeed and indeed again, Mister Jackanapes,’ said the excited lady. 1993 S. McAughtry Touch & Go xxii. 174 Well, Mister Bighead, we've both been there, Bucksie and me both, so up yours. c. As a title (without specifying an individual).Frequently with suggestion of excessive politeness or formality. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > title > for a man Mra1449 goodman1560 gaffer1575 mister1722 bro1832 bra1880 1722 H. Carey Hanging & Marriage 8 Squeak: Pray ye, Mr. Stubble, let me alone. Richard: Ay its Mister, is it? 1758 O. Goldsmith tr. J. Marteilhe Mem. Protestant II. 214 They never spoke to us without putting Mister to our Names. 1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers I. i. xv. 148 Stop, mon cher, stop; don't call me Mister; we are to be friends. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men I. 440 ‘Well, Mr. Burgon?’..‘Mister at the end of 20 years!..I wish you wouldn't call me Mister’. 1975 P. Moyes Black Widower xii. 140 We're all good friends..We don't use no Mister and Missus. d. A man usually addressed as ‘Mister’ (frequently as contrasted with some higher title). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific ranks of common people > [noun] > one entitled to be called Mr. mister1722 Mr1753 1722 H. Carey Hanging & Marriage 8 And ye make a Mister o' me now, you'll make a Squire o' me and by; nay a Knight, afore I ha' done. 1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 1 Has his majesty dubb'd me a Knight for you to make me a Mister. 1859 T. B. Macaulay William Pitt in Biogr. (1860) 182 Plain Mister himself he [sc. Pitt] had made more lords than any three ministers that had preceded him. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. ii. 98 Whether the Persian Mirza expresses a Prince or a mere Mister. 1927 Amer. Mercury Nov. 374/2 They have money, much money, otherwise they would still be plain misters back in their old places of business. 1991 Atlantic June 22/2 It may be that in the end ‘Ms.’ will slightly outlast ‘Mr.’ as a courtesy title, if only because mizzes tend to outlast misters. e. Mister Big, Mister Fixit, etc.: see Mr n. Compounds. f. colloquial. Husband; the male head of a household. Frequently with the, or possessive adjective (cf. missus n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [noun] > husband churla800 lordeOE werec893 husbanda1275 mana1325 masterc1325 sovereign1390 maritea1398 husbandman?a1439 goodman?1507 baron1595 spouse1604 husband of one's bosom1611 old man1673 hubby1682 sposo1741 hub1809 master-man1825 pot and pan1900 mister1931 DH1993 1931 in H. Wentworth Amer. Dialect Dict. (1944) 392/2 My mister. 1934 Amer. Speech 9 318 The Mister is also often used for the Master, as in ‘I'd ask the Mister when he comes,’ ‘The Mister isn't in just now.’ In these instances the Mister meant the head of the house. 1962 A. Lurie Love & Friendship vii. 136 She and the mister could not take that howling another day. 1975 D. Delman One Man's Murder i. 35 Can't have people..saying, ‘Hey, Missus. Where's your Mister?’ You'd be humiliated. 1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways ix. xiv. 391 Mating season. Sometimes you catch a ‘doubler’—a mister and missus arm in arm. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > master of living creature masterlOE misterc1620 c1620 in J. P. Hore Hist. Newmarket (1885) I. 360 The horse and mister yairof that first comes over the scoir at the said Walnuik of Paislaye. 3. Used without proper name as a form of address to a man whose name is not known; = sir n. (but usually less respectful than that title).In later use chiefly in children's or nonstandard 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 1734 H. Fielding Don Quixote in Eng. ii. x Harkye, Mister, what is your Master's Name, pray? 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. vi. 125 Mrs. Belfield,..running into the passage,..angrily called out [to the chairmen], ‘What do you do here, Misters?’ 1834 N. Hawthorne Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe in New Eng. Mag. Dec. 451 ‘Good morning, mister’, said Dominicus. 1867 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. (new ed.) Introd. p. lxii Says he, ‘I'd better call agin;’ Says she, ‘Think likely, Mister.’ 1901 Punch 22 Jan. 65 Please Mister, when are we going to get through? 1952 P. Bowles Let it come Down iii. 36 ‘Hello, mister.’ The youth grinned. 1987 E. Leonard Bandits iii. 31 Mister, gimme a dollar. 4. Nautical. In full Mister Mate (colloquial). Used to address the mate of a ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > mate mate1488 first mate1683 first officer1758 chief1896 mister1897 maat1919 1897 J. Conrad Nigger of ‘Narcissus’ i. 12 Is there anythink wrong with me, Mister Mate? 1909 F. H. Shaw Daughter of Storm xx. 177 ‘All right, sir,’ said the second mate to Steadman... ‘West by north,’ said Steadman... ‘I'll go and turn in, mister.’ 1972 Listener 6 Jan. 18/3 The Captain..addressed the Mate as William, except when he thought he was getting uppish, when he called him ‘Mister’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † misterv.1 Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. 1. a. intransitive. Of a thing: to be necessary, needful, or requisite. Sometimes with indirect object. ΚΠ 1412 in L. F. Salzman Building in Eng. (1952) 487 All the stuff of the stane that misters more of the makyng of the Kirk of Katrik. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 5117 (MED) Quat suld we moue in-to þe montts? Þat mysters bot litill, Outhire Appole to adoure or any othire driȝtins. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 215 And alkynd othir apparaill That mycht availl, or ȝeit mysteir Till hald castell. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vi. 141 And thenne reynawde said agen to hym, ‘borgons, thys worde mystre not to you for to saye, for ye must nedes defende yourselfe.’ 1533 J. Heywood Play of Wether sig. Bii At all tymys when suche thynges shall myster. 1591 R. Bruce Serm. Edinb. (Isa. xxxviii. 17) sig. N3v The purgatioun of the godly shall not myster. a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) No. 416 Claw that yuiks, and seik that misteris. b. intransitive. impersonal or with non-referential it as subject. (it) misters: it is necessary or needful (in Middle English with dative of the person affected); (later also) it matters. Usually with infinitive or clause. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > be necessary [verb (intransitive)] > it is necessary (it) needsOE tharfc1175 (it) misters1424 it needsa1425 there needs?a1425 1424 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 7 Ande gif it misteris þat secular power be callyt þerto in suppowale and helping of halykirk. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 4281 (MED) Vs mistris neuire na medcyne for malidy on erthe. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 22 (MED) Blase sought all that hym mystered to write with. c1500 Melusine (1895) 222 (MED) Yf it mystier, we shal guyde & lede you wel. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. sig. Ii7v As for my name, it mistreth not to tell. a1600 King & Barker 99 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 9 The hors prekyd, as he was wode, Het mestoret to spor hem not. ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 382 Ten pund Stirveling I have heir, And mair, when misteris, you command. 1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck I. 216 Little misters it to me Whar they gang, or whar they ride. c. what misters——?: what need is there for (a thing)?; what need is there for (a person to do something)? ΚΠ a1450 York Plays (1885) 37 (MED) What mystris þe, in gode or ille, of me to melle þe? 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 62 What mystreth hym to edyfie cartage? 1581 in T. G. Law Catholic Tractates (1901) 77 Quhat misterit men in this eage seik out ane neu interpretation? ?1591 R. Bruce Serm. Sacrament i. sig. C4v Quhat misterd vs to haue a sign? 1603 Philotus cxxvi. sig. E2v Gude-man quhat misteris all thir mowis? 1715 A. Pennecuik Curious Coll. Scotish Poems in Geogr., Hist. Descr. Tweeddale App. 17 What misters me for to express, My present Poverty. 2. intransitive. To find it necessary. Also transitive (with infinitive as object): to find it necessary (to do something). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > be necessary [verb (intransitive)] > be under necessity to do something tharfc890 needc1395 mister1445 require1559 note1789 1445 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 10 Thai sal thar ordane the chapellane..to reperele the hows quhen thai myster. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 6 (MED) I sall so ordand at þou sall nott myster to be a thief no mor. ?1544 J. Heywood Foure PP sig. A.iv That way perchaunce ye shall nat myster To go to heuen without a glyster. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 20 Na man misterit to tak feir of the Erle of Douglas. 1633 Ld. Wariston Diary (1911) I. 56 I had..prayed the Lord so to rule my heart in my prosperite as he misterd not to take the wand in his hand. 1636 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (new ed.) 805 First when he mistred not, he micht. He needs and may not now. 3. a. transitive. To have need of, require. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > need [verb (transitive)] behovec890 to have mister ofc1300 needa1382 requirec1392 misterc1450 lack1530 note1710 c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 139 Thow erte a spirituall man & mysters no meatt. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 252 Gif me think j mister ma, I sall haue leue to produce ma. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 212 Harnes and hors quhilk thai mysteryt in wer. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 107 (MED) We myster no sponys here at oure mangyng. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. ii. 117 Now is the tyme that I maste mister the. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. I.iiiv Thay quhilk ar hail, thay mister notht ane lech. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 125 Ffor surelie, we mister na Magistrat. 1688 in H. Paton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1932) 3rd Ser. XIII. 257 The pannall gott pottage and some small aill..and..said they war werch, they mistered salt. 1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets iv. 33 Counting what Things he now did mister. b. intransitive. To have need (of). Also in passive with of: to have lost, feel the loss of.In quot. 1488 at sense 3a the reading mystyrit is Jamieson's (in his edition of 1820); an alternative emendation mystymit (cf. mistimed adj.) has been suggested by McDiarmid (in his edition of 1968–9), but this is less convincing on semantic grounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > need [verb (transitive)] > have need of or to do needa1398 misterc1450 necessitya1616 to be stuck up for1860 c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 136 (MED) Þou mysters not of my lectuarie, for þou erte a leche. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iii. xvii Gyue thou not that thynge of whiche thow hast nede of to the ende that afterward thow myster not of hit. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 361 Bot blynd he was..Throuch-hurt of waynys and mystynit [perh. read mystyrit] of blude. c1500 Melusine (1895) 219 (MED) He..proffred to them his seruyse yf they myster of it. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. xx. f. 59 To be distrubit to thaim self sa far as thai myster to thair honest sustentatioun. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1848) II. 81 It mycht chance that the Kyng mycht mister of his greit gunis and artailyerie in France. 1639 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) I. 212 Alwayes to have ane eye what..our staill host should mister of help. c. intransitive. To be in need; to be lacking. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > not have or lack [verb (intransitive)] fasteOE to miss of ——?c1250 wantc1390 to go without ——?a1500 lack1523 mister1531 to miss of ——1796 1531 in D. Laing Reg. Domus de Soltre (1861) 105 The said provest sall giff the forsaid rif..four bollis of wictuall to helpe hir sustentacioun as schou mistaris. 1572 in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 337 Quhair superabundance of stanis is to help vtheris thairwith that mistaris. c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1925) I. i. 44 And gif thay mister, to mak rescours. a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) No. 460 Drink if ye list, ye wate if ye mister. 4. transitive. To be of advantage or service to. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial [verb (intransitive)] dowc950 frameOE fremeOE helpc1000 gainc1175 holdc1175 vail1303 yainc1325 it is speedfulc1340 profit1340 speedc1380 prowa1400 bootc1400 prevailc1450 avail1489 mister1490 skill1528 stead1594 advantagea1616 conduce1624 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iv. 129 Lady moder, gramercy of so fayre a yefte as here is, For it mystreth me well. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021). misterv.2 transitive. To address as ‘Mr’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > address with courteous title [verb (transitive)] > address a man sir1576 mister1742 squire1832 good man1846 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. ii. 181 ‘Pray don't Mister such Fellows to me’, cries the Lady. View more context for this quotation 1817 W. Hazlitt Polit. Ess. (1819) 213 He would not have been content..with Mistering his opponent, and Esquiring himself. 1832 M. R. Mitford Our Village V. 42 Mr. Warde—pshaw! he is too eminent a man to be mistered! John Warde, the celebrated fox-hunter. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxvii. 80 Darling Tessy!.. Don't, for Heaven's sake, Mister me any more. 1909 Daily Chron. 2 Sept. 4/6 If you were to ‘Mister’ him, his Highland pride would be offended. 1954 A. Huxley Let. 12 Dec. (1969) 718 I think its about time—isn't it?—that we stopped Mistering and Doctoring one another! 1975 J. Braine Pious Agent xxix. 198 I'm too fond of you to like the idea of being Mistered by you. Derivatives ˈmistering n. ΚΠ 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xiii. 200 ‘None of your mistering,’ replied the ruffian; ‘you always mean mischief when you come that.’ 1938 J. B. Cabell Let. 14 Nov. (1975) 185 Let us drop the mistering now that I am certain you and I can hit it off quite nicely. 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