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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of missus, representing African-American Vernacular English..
1878, quoted 2001, from a song by James Bland, an African American songwriter for minstrel shows, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). p. 192. Massa and missis have lone gone before me.
A man said he'd give me five pounds if I'd paint him and his missis and the dog and the cottage.
Use missis when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Missis means (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of missus, representing African-American Vernacular English..
Common synonyms include missus.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1878, quoted 2001, from a song by James Bland, an African American songwriter for minstrel shows, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). p. 192. Massa and missis have lone gone before me.
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