Mr. President

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form of address honorific title

"Mr. President" is the formal spoken address traditionally used for the sitting President of the United States.

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	form of address → honorific → title →
addresses	incumbent president →
addressType	second-person address →
appliesToOffice	President of the United States →
associatedWithInstitution	U.S. federal government →
communicationMode	oral address →
country	United States of America →
domain	government → politics →
etymologyComponent	Mr. → President →
formality	formal →
genderedForm	male-oriented →
grammaticalNumber	singular →
hasAlternativeForm	Madam President →
hasCulturalContext	American political culture →
hasHonorificFunction	shows respect for the office of the president →
hasOppositeNumberForm	Mr. Presidents (rare, collective reference) →
honorificPrefixOf	President of the United States →
language	English →
notUsedFor	former presidents in most formal written contexts →
politenessLevel	high →
register	formal register →
relatedConcept	commander-in-chief → head of state →
speechContext	spoken address →
stylisticUsage	sometimes used rhetorically in political discourse →
temporalQualifier	used while the person is in office →
typicalSetting	diplomatic events → formal meetings → official ceremonies → press conferences →
typicalSpeaker	diplomats → government officials → journalists → members of the public →
usedByMedia	news interviews with the president →
usedFor	addressing the President of the United States →
usedInBranchOfGovernment	executive branch →
usedInLegislativeContext	when the president addresses Congress →
usedInProtocol	diplomatic protocol → state protocol →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Presidency of the United States → President of the Republic of China → President of the United States →	style
Madam President →	contrastWith
Señor Presidente →	equivalentInEnglish
President of the United States Senate →	hasHonorificTitle
Mr. Secretary →	relatedForm