mister

IPA: mˈɪstɝ

A title conferred on an adult male, usually when the name is unknown. Also used as a term of address, often by a parent to a young child.
(obsolete) Someone's business or function; an occupation, employment, trade.
(now rare, dialectal) A kind, type of.
(obsolete) Need (of something).
(obsolete) Necessity; the necessary time.
A device that makes or sprays mist.
General title or respect of an adult male.
Official title of a military man, usually anyone below rank of captain.
Official form of address of a president of a nation.
Formal address to any official of an organization.
A warrant officer or cadet in the United States Military Academy at West Point.
An informal title used before a nickname or other moniker.

(transitive, intransitive) To address by the title of "mister". [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
(obsolete, impersonal) To be necessary; to matter.

Examples of "mister" in Sentences

"No, not 'mister' -- just 'Jan,'" he answered, adopting her pronunciation.
The word mister, as a prefix, or the word esquire, as a suffix, seemed a superfluity.
He’s the only trustee I called mister, but just because he was formal didn’t mean he wasn’t human.
The mister was a tanker with the 3/64 at Conn, but he spent a lot of time at Ledward working in the post office.
The word mister sounded sharply, yet not unpleasingly, to my ear: it was the first time I had been so designated or so dignified.
Princess, Captain Falk's unwarrantable insult to Davie Paine -- it seems incongruous to call him "mister" -- was to play its part later in events that as yet were only gathering way.
I'm not able to get through right away so I take a breath and call the mister and do my best to let him know that I still have all my digits but there is a lot of blurd and I want to be sure so can he come home and gimme a ride?