mister

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 223 words | Copyright

mister1 (obs. exc. arch. and dial.) handicraft, employment; (this, what) kind of; office, duty; need, necessity. XIII. — AN. mester, OF. mestier (mod. MÉTIER):- Rom. *misterium, for L. ministerium; see MYSTERY2.

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