Honorific term for someone else's wife, or used as a suffix after a surname to mean 'Mrs'. Not used for one's own wife.
田中夫人はとても親切な方です。
Mrs. Tanaka is a very kind person.
The company president's wife attended the party.
wife of a nobleman
Archaic use referring specifically to the wife of a nobleman.
In the ancient documents, there is a description of that nobleman's wife.
imperial consort of the third rank
Only with reading ぶにん
Archaic term from the ritsuryō system for a consort of the emperor of the third rank. Also read ぶにん.
Under the ritsuryō system, 夫人 (ぶにん) was one of the ranks of imperial consorts.
Mrs. Smith came to the party.
marchioness