messer

See also: Messer

English

Etymology 1

mess +‎ -er

Noun

messer (plural messers)

1. Someone who messes; agent noun of mess.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

messer (plural messers)

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

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Italian

Etymology

Truncated form of messere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈsːɛ.r/

Noun

messer m

1. (obsolete) Form of address equivalent to signore

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

messer m or f

1. indefinite plural of messe

Verb

messer

1. (deprecated template usage) present of messe

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

messer f

1. indefinite plural of messe