"messer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛsə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-messer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: messers [plural]
Etymology: mess + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mess|er}} mess + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} messer (plural messers)
  1. Someone or something who messes. Derived forms: messer-abouter, messer-upper
    Sense id: en-messer-en-noun-BfZkvx6x Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /məˈsɛə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-messer2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: messers [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian messer, which is itself a truncated form of messere. Doublet of monsieur. Etymology templates: {{borrowed|en|it|messer}} Italian messer, {{doublet|en|monsieur}} Doublet of monsieur Head templates: {{en-noun}} messer (plural messers)
  1. (obsolete, of an Italian person) Form of address equivalent to signore. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-messer-en-noun-wuUllLul Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 81 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 79 5 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 21 69 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: messers [plural]
Etymology: German Messer Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Messer}} German Messer Head templates: {{en-noun}} messer (plural messers)
  1. A single-edged sword with a knife-like hilt.
    Sense id: en-messer-en-noun-CReY3437
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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