"Messer" meaning in English

See Messer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Messers [plural]
Etymology: Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Messer (“knife”), a metonymic occupational surname for a cutler. * An English occupational surname for someone who kept watch over harvested crops, from Old French messier (“harvest warden”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Messer||knife}} German Messer (“knife”), {{der|en|fro|messier||harvest warden}} Old French messier (“harvest warden”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Messer (plural Messers)
  1. A surname. Wikipedia link: Messer

Inflected forms

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