Meaning

3 senses
  1. Someone or something who messes.

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

  3. (obsolete)Form of address equivalent to signore.

Origin

From mess + -er. Borrowed from Italian messer, which is itself a truncated form of messer

From mess + -er.

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

From German Messer.

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Forms

plural: messers
Singularmesser
Pluralmessers

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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