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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Goodman \Good"man\, noun [Good + man]
1. A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to ''My friend'', ''Good sir'', ''Mister;'' -- sometimes used ironically. [Obs.]
With you, goodman boy, an you please. --Shak.
2. A husband; the master of a house or family; -- often used in speaking familiarly. [Archaic] --Chaucer.
Say ye to the goodman of the house, . . . Where is the guest-chamber ? --Mark xiv. 14.
Note: In the early colonial records of New England, the term goodman is frequently used as a title of designation, sometimes in a respectful manner, to denote a person whose first name was not known, or when it was not desired to use that name; in this use it was nearly equivalent to {Mr.} This use was doubtless brought with the first settlers from England.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mr \Mr.\ . The customary abbreviation of Mister in writing and printing. See {Master}, 4.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Mr
noun: a form of address for a man [syn: {mister}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
mr The {country code} for Mauritania. (1999-01-27)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
MR MODEM Ready (MODEM)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
MR Modified Read (Fax)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
MR Magneto - Resistive (HDD)
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