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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread massiere #118523 12/31/2003 1:40 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Philip's friend has sent him an address for a rooming house in Paris, but he is writing from Italy, and it looks as though he uses an Italian word, perhaps meaning "landlady". I could not find it in an online Italian-English dictionary. "But Philip ceased to think of her a moment after he had settled down in his carriage. He thought only of the future. He had written to Mrs. Otter, the massiere to whom Hayward had given him an introduction, and had in his pocket an invitation to tea on the following day. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: massiere #118524 01/01/2004 2:47 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Over 30,000 hits for this, wwh, and the dozens I looked at were all German. Can't help you out at all. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: massiere #118525 04/08/2005 2:08 AM Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1 donbinincom stranger donbinincom stranger Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1 Philip was studying in Paris. Massiere is the feminine form of massier. In olden times, a massier was a knight who carried a mace (masse in French). In an artist's studio, a massier (or massiere) is generally a senior student who takes care of finances or other administrative matters. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: massiere #118526 04/10/2005 4:11 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Hi Don, welcome aBoard. Don't worry if you don't get responses to your post. You've posted in the lower part of the Board (for old weekly themes) and most people don't pop in here at all. Take a peep in the forums at the top. There's a lot of interesting threads to participate in, and everybody will be happy to hear a new voice in the discussions. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: massiere #118527 05/02/2005 10:46 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I should think the guy with the mace would be very good at taking care of the money - or at least at taking the money. Hi Don (late greeting I know but I've been away) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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