夫人 — meaning in English

English meaning

• lady noun A polite or formal word for a woman, especially one with refined manners.
• Mrs abbreviation A title placed before the surname or full name of a married woman.
• wife noun A married woman, in relation to her spouse.

Senses

夫人 is used for these senses in English:

• Mrs Abbreviation of Missus or Mistress; used before an adult woman's name or surname, used for any high-status woman without regard to marital status until the 1800s, after which it began to be reserved for married, divorced and widowed women and used with their married surnames.
• lady A title for someone married to a lord or gentleman.

lady — full definition

1. noun A polite or formal word for a woman, especially one with refined manners.
2. noun A British title of nobility for a woman, used before her name (as the wife of a lord or knight, or in her own right).

Related Japanese words