messer

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English

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Etymology 1

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From mess +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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messer (plural messers)

  1. Someone or something who messes.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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messer (plural messers)

  1. (obsolete, of an Italian person) Form of address equivalent to signore.

Etymology 3

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From German Messer.

Noun

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messer (plural messers)

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

Italian

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Etymology

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Truncated form of messere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mesˈsɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛr
  • Hyphenation: mes‧sèr

Noun

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messer m

  1. (obsolete) form of address equivalent to signore

Mòcheno

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Etymology

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From Middle High German messer, from Old High German mezzisahs, from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (food knife).

Noun

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messer n

  1. knife

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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messer m or f

  1. indefinite plural of messe

Verb

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messer

  1. present of messe

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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messer f

  1. indefinite plural of messe