Messier : French: occupational name for someone who kept watch over harvested crops Old French messier ‘harvest master’ (from Late Latin messicarius an agent derivative of messis ‘harvest’). Compare Machia 2 Macia 3 and Macie 1.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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