misser

See also: missèr and missêr

English

Etymology

From miss +‎ -er.

Noun

misser (plural missers)

1. One who misses.

   a misser of the mark

Anagrams

• Misers, misers, remiss, Simers

Catalan

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin mi senior (“my lord”). Compare Old Occitan meser, French monsieur.

Alternative forms

• missèr (obsolete)
• micer (archaic)

Noun

misser m (plural missers)

1. (archaic) m'lord (a term of address for a doctor, lawyer, or clergyman)

Noun

misser m (plural missers, feminine missera, feminine plural misseres)

1. (Balearic) lawyer, attorney

   Synonym: advocat

2. (Balearic, figurative) know-it-all

Etymology 2

From missa (“mass”) +‎ -er.

Adjective

misser (feminine missera, masculine plural missers, feminine plural misseres)

1. synonym of missaire

Noun

misser m (plural missers, feminine missera, feminine plural misseres)

1. synonym of missaire

Further reading

• “misser”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “misser” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “misser”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Danish

Noun

misser c

1. indefinite plural of mis

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

misser

1. present of missa

Swedish

Noun

misser

1. indefinite plural of miss