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Wiktionary
n. Someone who messes; agent noun of mess
Wikipedia
Messer ( German for " knife"), or Langes Messer ("long knife"; also großes Messer, "great knife"; Hiebmesser, "hewing knife"; Kriegsmesser, "war knife," etc.), is a term for a class of single-edged bladed weapons, deriving from the medieval falchion and preceding the modern sabre, common in the German Late Middle Ages and Renaissance (14th to 16th centuries). Its hilt included a straight cross-guard and Nagel: a nail-like (Nagel literally means 'nail') protrusion that juts out from the right side of the cross-guard away from the flat of the blade, to protect the wielder’s hands. Quite notable in its construction was the attachment of blade to the hilt via a slab tang sandwiched between two wooden grip plates that were pegged into place. Also of note is that many pommels were 'drawn out' or curved to one side of the hilt (edge side), a feature known as a "hat-shaped pommel." Extant examples seem to have an overall length of 30 inches with a blade, and a weight between .
The Messer was part of the curriculum of several fencing manuals in the 14th and 15th centuries, including Lecküchner, Codex Wallerstein, Hans Talhoffer, Paulus Kal and Albrecht Dürer.
Although often confused with the Kriegsmesser ("War Knife"), it has to be clearly distinguished from the Großmesser, being more than 1500 mm long and shaped more like a scimitar, originating as the Hungarian version of the German Zweihänder. Kriegsmesser were used by professional soldiers, typically Landsknechts. An example of this, also called a "Long Knife," is preserved in the Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer, Vienna.
Messer may refer to:
- Messer (name)
- Messer (weapon), class of single-edged bladed weapon
- Messer, Oklahoma, United States
Messer is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Casey Messer (born 1983), beauty queen
- Chris Messer (21st century), United States singer
- Dale Messer (21st century), Navy Chief Warrant Officer
- Danny Messer, television series character from CSI: NY
- David Messer (21st century), Australian cartoonist
- Don Messer (1909–1973), Canadian musician
- Donald E. Messer (born 1941), American United Methodist theologian and author
- Erica Messer (21st century), American television writer, producer and story editor
- Frank Messer (1925–2001), American sportscaster
- Glenn Edmund Messer (1895–1995), aviation pioneer
- Jonathan Messer (born 1973), Australian director
- Leon Messer, Holocaust survivor
- Sam Messer (21st century), American painter
- Sarah Messer (born 1966), American poet and author
- Thomas M. Messer (1920–2013), director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation 1961–1988
Given name:
- David ben Judah Messer Leon (c. 1470 – 1526), Italian rabbi, physician and writer
- Judah Messer Leon (1166), French tosafist
- Judah Messer Leon (15th century), Italian rabbi, teacher, physician, and philosopher
Usage examples of "messer".
The tone strongly implied Messer Raj used ships only because walking on water was tiring.
Having completed his term of office, the father returned to Florence and put the child out to nurse in the village of Settignano, three miles from the city, where he had a property, which was one of the first places in that country bought by Messer Simone da Canossa.
Now there was a law in that land in the time of Messer Giovanni Bentivogli that every stranger who entered into Bologna should be obliged to have a great seal of red wax impressed upon his nail.
A certain Bolognese gentleman, Messer Gian Francesco Aldovrandi, who was then of the Sixteen, seeing him there, and hearing the reason, liberated him, chiefly because he was a sculptor.
He remained with Messer Gian Francesco Aldovrandi a little over a year.
The said Messer Iacopo desired also that he would carve him a little Cupid.
Both of these works may still be seen in the house of Messer Giuliano and Messer Paolo Galli, courteous and worthy gentlemen, with whom Michael Angelo has always retained a real and cordial friendship.
And he left a thousand ducats in the bank of Messer Antommaria da Lignano to carry out the work when he departed for Rome.
Clement, who wished to employ him in Florence, tried by every means to free him, and gave him for his attorney one Messer Tommaso, of Prato, who afterwards became Datario.
So when Messer Tommaso, his attorney, appeared in court making his proposition to the agents of the Duke, they began to look one another in the face, and determined together that some sort of tomb should be made for the money that had already been advanced.
He has suffered much for several years in the passing of urine, which trouble would have turned into a stone if he had not been relieved by the care and diligence of the before-mentioned Messer Realdo.
And of the said moneys, Messer Bernardo and Attalante having obtained it for me, I gave to the one a hundred ducats, to the other fifty.
Camera, the which were paid me by Messer Carlino, chamberlain, and Messer Carlo degli Albizzi, on account of the painting of the vault of the Chapel of Pope Sisto, on which I begin to work this day, under the conditions and contracts set forth in a document written by his Most Reverend Lordship of Pavia, and signed by my hand.
Vasari tells us that when Michael Angelo had almost finished the work Pope Paul came to see it, and Messer Biagio da Cesena, Master of the Ceremonies, a very particular person, was with him in the chapel, and was asked what he thought of it.
Accordingly the said Messer Michael Angelo, not to lose his honour, had blocked out two new statues to go on either side of the Moses, representing the Active and Contemplative Life, which are well advanced, so that they may be easily finished by another master.