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In the English language, an English honorific is a title prefixing a person's name, ''e.g.'': ''Miss'', ''Ms'', ''Mr'', ''Sir'', ''Mrs'', ''Dr'', ''Lady'' or ''Lord''. They are not titles or positions that can appear without the person's name, as in ''the President'' or ''the Earl''. There are many forms of honorifics that are used when addressing the members of the nobility, clergy, or royalty, mostly in countries that are monarchies. These include "Your Majesty" and "Your Highness", which are often used when speaking with royalty, or "My lord/lady" to address a peer other than a Duke, who is referred to as "Your Grace". Some honorifics distinguish the sex of the person being referred to. Some titles of the nobility and of professional honorifics, such as Doctor or General, are not gender specific because they were traditionally male-only professions, and women have simply adopted the associated titles. ==Common titles== * Mr: (Mister) for men, regardless of marital status. * Master: for young men and boys, especially in the UK. * Ms: ( or ) for women, regardless of marital status. * Mz.: variation of Ms., used for women who do not wish to disclose their marital status. * Miss: usually for unmarried women, though also used by married female entertainers (e.g. actresses).. Also used in secondary schools ; most tend not to call female teachers "Mrs (or Miss, Ms etc) ___", but rather "Miss" in all cases. * Mrs: ( or ) for married women. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「English honorifics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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