资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Miss \Miss\, n.; pl. {Misses}. [Contr. fr. mistress.]
   1. A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a
      woman who has not been married. See {Mistress}, 5.

   Note: There is diversity of usage in the application of this
         title to two or more persons of the same name. We may
         write either the Miss Browns or the Misses Brown.

   2. A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of
      sixteen.

            Gay vanity, with smiles and kisses, Was busy 'mongst
            the maids and misses.                 --Cawthorn.

   3. A kept mistress. See {Mistress}, 4. [Obs.] --Evelyn.

   4. (Card Playing) In the game of three-card loo, an extra
      hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the
      hand dealt to a player.