Type Surname (from location)
Usage German
Meaning & History
Occupational name for an official in charge of measuring the dues paid in kind by tenants, from an agent derivative of Middle High German mezzen "to measure".
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Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage Scottish
Meaning & History
Occupational name for someone who kept watch over harvested crops, Middle English, Older Scots mess(i)er, from Old French messier (see Messier).