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Form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.

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Source Word

Miss

IPA(Pronunciation)

/mɪs/

Noun

form-of

Form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.

Japanese Meaning

未婚女性への敬称。 / かつては主に少女に用いられ、現在では成人女性にも用いられる呼び方。 / 婚姻状況に関わらず女性に対して使用されることもある敬称。

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Miss Carter declined the invitation because she preferred to stay home.

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未婚の女性に対する呼称で呼ばれたカーターさんは招待を断りました。彼女は家にいる方を好んだのです。

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Form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.

She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.

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