@Cambridge_Uni untangles the Jumble of #Female Titles | @FoxOutdoors

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'That word' (below-hyperlinked to Cambridge University's report on how 'Missus' & 'Miss' & 'Ms.' split off of 'Mistress' and went separate directions) is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
The word “Female” is built on words that mean “Woman, Gender that Nurses (Gives |Suckle).” #Fem #Feminine

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Before even addressing "Mistress," the report says that a) such titles as 'Miss' & 'Mrs.' were reserved for the upper class (with the servants referred-to by their first-names or 'who their husbands were') & b) the difference between 'Mrs.' & 'Miss' was usually 'older (or "as old as the writer")' and 'younger.'

"Mrs." was more 'the title of a business-woman (with capital)' than 'the title of a wife'---which was most-often "Madam."

Dr. Erickson explains that 'the habit of using "Mrs.+ the husband's full name" (at least when addressing the couple jointly---"Mr. & Mrs. + the husband's full name") sprang up in the early 1900's.' And she doesn't specify-, but one can see-how that falls right in line with the idea that 'Mrs.' means "a woman with capital" ... that capital being 'all the holdings of the Mister (so long as the partnership survives).



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