mister

Meanings

Verb

• To address by the title of "mister".
• To be necessary; to matter.

Noun

• Someone's business or function; an occupation, employment, trade.
• A kind, type of.
• Need (of something).
• Necessity; the necessary time.
• A device that makes or sprays mist.

Origin

• Unaccented variant of master, attested since the 15th century.
• From Middle English mister, myster, from Anglo-Norman mester, meister (et al.), from Latin misterium, a medieval conflation of Latin ministerium ("ministry") with Latin mysterium ("mystery").
• mist + -er.