mister1
/ˈmɪstə
/noun
1 variant form of Mr, often used humorously or with offensive emphasis. look here, mister know-all...
- You can't get away with changing the subject mister!
- And mister, if you don't smarten up you'll end up just like her.
- I may be pregnant but I will get up and kick your butt mister.
1.1 informal Used as a form of address to a man whose name is not known: thanks, mister...
- One or two young Iraqi boys approached them awkwardly and tried to say hello… ‘Mister, mister!’
- Then some kid will turn up on a Saturday from Auchtermuchty or somewhere like that and say to me, ‘Hey, mister, are you the man that does the rugby?’
- He said to me, ‘I understand there was some dancing going on, mister.’
Origin
Mid 16th century: weakened form of master1 in unstressed use before a name.
magistrate from Late Middle English:
Magistrate is from Latin magistratus ‘administrator’, from magister ‘master’. This also gives us master (Old English), its weakened form mister (mid 16th century), and miss.
Rhymes
mister2
/ˈmɪstə/noun
A device with a nozzle for spraying a mist of water, especially on houseplants.Rabbits, which find the knee-high orchard grass perfectly hospitable habitat, have also presented problems, particularly since they have shown a penchant for the spaghetti tubing that connects the irrigation hose to the misters....
- And I carry a small spray bottle - a mister - to hydrate my face and eyes.
- Blend a cup of cold water with 12 drops of jasmine essential oil, put the mix in a spray bottle with a fine mister, and spritz your lower legs before you go to sleep.