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▸ noun: A surname from French [in turn originating as an occupation], famously held by:
▸ noun: Charles Messier (1730-1817), a French astronomer who between 1774 and 1781 published his Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters, a catalogue of deep-sky objects.
▸ noun: (astronomy) As a designation, the numbered objects in Messier's catalog are prepended with his surname or the letter M.
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▸ noun: A surname from French [in turn originating as an occupation], famously held by:
▸ noun: Charles Messier (1730-1817), a French astronomer who between 1774 and 1781 published his Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters, a catalogue of deep-sky objects.
▸ noun: (astronomy) As a designation, the numbered objects in Messier's catalog are prepended with his surname or the letter M.
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Lemieux,
Messner,
Messonnier,
Messinger,
Messac,
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