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Mrs
     
Mrs British English ; Mrs. American English
1 used before a married woman's family name to be polite when you are speaking to her, writing to her, or talking about her [↪ miss, Mrs]:
Mrs. Smith
Mrs Meddeman heads the fund-raising committee.
Mr and Mrs David Smith
! Some married women prefer to be addressed as Ms because it does not draw attention to whether or not they are married. ➔ see also note at Mr
2

Mrs Tidy/Mrs Efficient/Mrs Nosy etc

spoken used humorously to say that a woman has a particular quality or behaves in a particular way:
Mrs Superefficient has already taken care of it.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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