missusnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈmɪs.ɪz/us/ˈmɪs.ɪz/informal wife:
Me and the missus (= my wife) are going to our daughter's for Christmas.
Have you met Jack's new missus?
informal someone's girlfriend:
Who's your missus, Ben?
US informal old-fashioned also Missus a spoken form of mistress, meaning a woman who is in charge of a house and servants:
The maid said that the missus was unkind to her.
US informal also Missus a spoken form of Mrs., used when speaking to a woman:
Is this your purse, missus?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Marriage: marital status
- bachelor
- bachelorette
- common law
- divorce
- divorcee
- honeymoon
- lone
- married
- marry
- miss
- newlywed
- not be the marrying kind idiom
- spoken for
- trophy wife/girlfriend
- unattached
- unmarried
- unwed
- widower
- widowhood
- wifely
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