miss

³miss

noun

Definition of MISS

1

capitalized a —used as a title prefixed to the name of an unmarried woman or girl b —used before the name of a place or of a line of activity or before some epithet to form a title for a usually young unmarried female who is representative of the thing indicated <Miss America>

2

: young lady —used without a name as a conventional term of address to a young woman

3

: a young unmarried woman or girl

4

plural : a clothing size for women of average height and build

Origin of MISS

short for mistress

First Known Use: 1667

Other Forms of Address Terms

appellation, beatitude, brethren, emeritus, esquire, sire, sous