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# missis

«missis» in Mova's school dictionary: **a spoken form of «missus»: a wife, or a polite way to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (missises)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use, dialect) Missis is a spoken form of «missus»: a wife, or a polite way to speak to a woman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missis/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a plain, country way of speaking to a woman in old stories

### examples

- «Good morning, missis,» said the farmer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missis/#x1)
- The missis made tea for the visitors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missis/#x2)
- «Hi, missis, where is the road?» he asked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missis/#x3)
- Her missis was in the kitchen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missis/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «missis» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missis/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.