messer

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/ˈmɛsə(ɹ)//məˈsɛə(ɹ)/

noun

Someone or something who messes.

OriginItalian messer →
Less commonScrabble 8
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Meanings

messer1

nounmesser (plural messers)

plural messers

  1. Someone or something who messes.

messer2

nounmesser (plural messers)

plural messers

  1. obsoleteForm of address equivalent to signore.

messer3

nounmesser (plural messers)

plural messers

  1. A single-edged sword with a knife-like hilt.

Messer4

proper nounMesser (plural Messers)

plural Messers

  1. A surname.

Origin

messer · noun

From mess + -er.

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messer · noun

  1. Italianmesser
  2. Englishmesser

Borrowed from Italian messer, which is itself a truncated form of messere. Doublet of monsieur.

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messer · noun

  1. GermanMesser
  2. Englishmesser

From German Messer.

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Messer · proper noun

  1. Old Frenchmessier“harvest warden”
  2. GermanMesser“knife”
  3. EnglishMesser

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”).

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Cite this entry
APA

messer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/messer

MLA

“messer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/messer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “messer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/messer.

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