[Sigia-l] What do you call Mr Miss Ms

[Jesse James Garrett]

m o r r y wrote:
> Is Mr/Miss/Ms/Mrs called a title, a salutation or some other name?

I had thought this was called an honorific, but that word appears to
apply only to those titles that denote elevated social status (e.g.,
Sir, Count, Baroness, etc.).

The American Heritage dictionary refers to Mr./Mrs./Ms. as "courtesy
titles"; Merriam-Webster uses the slightly more awkward "conventional
titles of courtesy".

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