name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
Messer
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Pronunciation
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/ˈmɛsə(ɹ)/
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/məˈsɛə(ɹ)/
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CMU ARPABET: M EH1 S ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Someone or something who messes.
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noun
Meaning 3
Form of address equivalent to signore.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 4
A single-edged sword with a knife-like hilt.
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History
Etymology
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”).
From mess + -er.
Borrowed from Italian messer, which is itself a truncated form of messere. Doublet of monsieur.
From German Messer.
Real reading context