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▪ I. masse(n)ger(e, -inger(e
obs. forms of messenger.
▪ II. † massenger Obs.
[Possibly repr. an AF. form (cf. balinger) of OF. massonyer, maisonier:—late L. mansiōnārius: see mansionary. Cf. the surname Massinger (which, however, may be for messenger).]
? An inmate of a religious house. (But perh. for mass-singer or messenger.)
1553Becon Reliques of Rome (1563) 190 The brethren or massengers of the said order. a1564― Acts of Christ & Antichr. Wks. iii. 401 To Minstrels, to Massengers, to Friers, to Flatterers. |