missus
mis·sus BrE [ˈmɪsɪz] NAmE [ˈmɪsɪz] noun (BrE)
1. (also mis·sis) (informal, becoming old-fashioned) (used after ‘the’, ‘my’, ‘your’, ‘his’)a man's wife
•How's the missus (= your wife)?
•My missus won't let me smoke in the house.
2. (informal) (used especially by young people)girlfriend
•My missus doesn't like computer games.
•my current missus
3. (also mis·sis) (slang, becoming old-fashioned)used by some people as a form of address to a woman whose name they do not know
•Is this your bag, missus?
See also: ↑missis
Word Origin:
[missus] late 18th cent.: representing an informal pronunciation of ↑mistress; compare with ↑Mrs.
Example Bank:
•My missus won't let me smoke in the house.
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