The title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Missis (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense. Two are corruptions of Mistress, the other of Master. In the general abolition of social titles in this our country they miraculously escaped to plague us. If we must have them let us be consistent and give one to the unmarried man. I venture to suggest Mush, abbreviated to Mh.

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen.

A kept mistress. See Mistress, 4.

A female mannequin that wears a size 8 and varies in height from 5 ft. 8 ins. to 6 ft. tall. There is a great variety of interpretation in the Missy group and depending upon the manufacturer, the pose, make-up and wig, the Missy can be the young college type, active sportswoman, career woman, super-sophisticate or grandest lady at the ball. The Missy mannequin can be personalized to represent the store Image.

a young woman; "a young lady of 18"

an unmarried female Before the mid-Nineteenth Century usually only applied to members of the gentry class. Other unmarried females were simply referred to or addressed by their name.

Miss is a title typically used for an unmarried woman (not entitled to a higher title). It is a contraction of mistress, originating during the 17th Century. Its counterpart, Mrs., is used for married women.