messer

From mess +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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messer (plural messers)

1. Someone or something who messes.

• messer-abouter
• messer-upper

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

• IPA^(key): /məˈsɛə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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messer (plural messers)

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

From German Messer.

messer (plural messers)

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

Truncated form of messere.

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

messer m

1. (obsolete) form of address equivalent to signore

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

messer n

1. knife

• “messer” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

messer m or f

1. indefinite plural of messe

messer

1. present of messe

messer f

1. indefinite plural of messe