Messieurs
[meɪ'sjɜː] or ['mɛsɚz]
Definition
(n. pl.) Sirs; gentlemen; -- abbreviated to Messrs., which is used as the plural of Mr.
(pl. ) of Monsieur
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. [Fr.] [Abbreviated Messrs.] Sirs, gentlemen.
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Examples
- I saw him then, messieurs, began the mender of roads, a year ago this running summer, underneath the carriage of the Marquis, hanging by the chain. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- That's all, messieurs. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The wool would produce me a better price if it were suffered to go to foreign markets; but that, Messieurs the Public, your laws will not permit. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It is frightful, messieurs. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Messieurs Boissec and Rochemorte did not perceive this. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I have not thought of Messieurs A---- and Z----. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I do not know what Que voulez les messieurs? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I could not talk to Messieurs A---- and Z----, the Parisian Academicians: all my new credit for manner would be put in peril. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Besides Messieurs Victor and Josef, I knew another of this party. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- If it be a good thing, pray, Messieurs the Public, take your share of it, by indemnifying us a little out of your public treasury. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I hear, messieurs. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- A bowing, aproned Frenchman skipped forward and said: Que voulez les messieurs? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- My faith, messieurs, I offer nothing. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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