Messer
//ˈmɛsə(ɹ)// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone or something who messes.
- 2 Form of address equivalent to signore. obsolete
- 3 A single-edged sword with a knife-like hilt.
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Messer (“knife”), a metonymic occupational surname for a cutler. * An English occupational surname for someone who kept watch over harvested crops, from Old French messier (“harvest warden”).
Etymology 2
From mess + -er.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Italian messer, which is itself a truncated form of messere. Doublet of monsieur.
Etymology 4
From German Messer.
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