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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Baldassarre Castiglione to this entry?)

Italian

Etymology

Truncated form of messere.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meˈsːɛ.r/

Noun

messer m (plural messer)

  1. (obsolete) Form of address equivalent to signore

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

messer m or f

  1. indefinite plural of messe

Verb

messer

  1. present of messe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

messer f

  1. indefinite plural of messe
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