Mr Collins
Male honorific surname
Mr Collins is a character from Jane Austen's *Pride and Prejudice*, the obsequious clergyman who proposes to Elizabeth Bennet.
The name has become shorthand for a pompous, socially awkward person who combines self-importance with excessive deference to those of higher status: He delivered the toast like a real Mr Collins, flattering the boss while boring everyone else.
- AustenLiterary family name
- CharlotteFeminine name, Carolina city
- LucasMale name meaning light
- parsonProtestant parish minister
- clergymanOrdained religious leader
happy couple · pompous · obsequious · proposal · rector · clerical collar · vicarage · sycophant · entail · heir presumptive · ridiculous · sermon · patronage · Elizabeth · marriage · marriage proposal · cousin · inheritance
social authenticity
Mr CollinsElizabeth Bennet
independent thinker · free spirit · rebel · nonconformist · straight shooter