Is used before the names of men and boys while mrs Is used before the names of married women. Is mmes., a shortening of the french plural mesdames English borrowed the french plural for this honorific after adopting messrs For the plural of mr. Originated as a contraction of the honorific mistress (the feminine of mister or master) which was originally applied to both married and unmarried women in the upper class
Writers who used mrs for unmarried women include daniel defoe, samuel richardson, henry fielding, and samuel johnson. Is a title used for a married woman The more neutral title ms Can be used instead for a woman whose marital status is unknown or irrelevant or who expresses a preference for this mode of address. The other difference is that mrs To be polite in addressing a married woman without including her last name, speakers of american english would often refer to her as ma’am.
