Catalan, southern French (Occitan), and Portuguese: from
mestre ‘master (craftsman)’, denoting the head of a craft or
trade guild. Compare French Maitre. DK. This is not Spanish -
RS.Jewish (Sephardic, especially in Italy): status name for a
rabbi, translation of Aramaic Rabbi ‘teacher’.Italian: habitational name from Mestre, now one of the most
densely populated areas of Venice.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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