as in husband
the male partner in a marriage
I'll check with the mister and see if we're free that weekend
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This often uses evaporative cooling towers – giant misters that spray water over hot pipes or open basins.
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Leo S. Lo, The Conversation, 1 Sep. 2025
The rooftop has plenty of cushioned seating under misters, several bars and a hookah menu with more flavors than a Baskin-Robbins.
—The Know, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
That includes natural bodies of water like creeks and lakes, as well as cooling towers, fountains, humidifiers or misters, hot tubs, and even the tanks that hold windshield wiper fluid in cars.
—Alice Park, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
Use a mister or spray bottle to keep the soil moist but not wet.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 July 2025
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Leo S. Lo, The Conversation, 1 Sep. 2025
The rooftop has plenty of cushioned seating under misters, several bars and a hookah menu with more flavors than a Baskin-Robbins.
—The Know, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
That includes natural bodies of water like creeks and lakes, as well as cooling towers, fountains, humidifiers or misters, hot tubs, and even the tanks that hold windshield wiper fluid in cars.
—Alice Park, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
Use a mister or spray bottle to keep the soil moist but not wet.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mister
husband
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What about the tax lien the state filed in 2022 for her and her husband failing to pay their 2020 income taxes, which this paper reported on at the time?—
Robert Steinbuch,
Arkansas Online,
9 Jan. 2026
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The psychological thriller, penned by Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning writer Tracy Letts (Coon's real life husband), cultivates fear slowly.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Mister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mister. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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