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Messer

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛsɐ/

“Messer” is a German word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. knife
  2. measurer, surveyor
  3. gauge, meter

Etymology

From Middle High German messer, mezzer, from Old High German mezzir, mezzeres, mezzirahs, mezzisahs (“knife”), from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (“knife used for cutting food”).

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