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English

Etymology

Pronunciation

: Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɛstə(r)|-ɛstə(r)

Noun

A person who administers a test, or a device used for testing.
A flat canopy over a bed etc.
25 lashes, ie. strokes of a whip across a person's back as a punishment. (Reference: w:Robert Hughes (critic)|Robert Hughes, w:The Fatal Shore|The Fatal Shore, 1987, paperback 1996 ISBN 1-86046-150-6, chapter 12.)
A sample of perfume available in a shop for customers to try before they buy.

Synonyms

The punishment:

Botany Bay dozen

Category:English agent nouns

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French

Etymology 1

Verb

tester

to test

Etymology 2

From testari.

Verb

tester

Category:French verbs

fa:tester fr:tester io:tester id:tester ja:tester pt:tester ru:tester fi:tester ta:tester te:tester vi:tester

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tester \Tes"ter\, n. [For testern, teston, fr. F. teston, fr.
OF. teste the head, the head of the king being impressed upon
the coin. See Tester a covering, and cf. Testone,
Testoon.]
An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about
eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later
to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a
sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also
teston. --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tester \Tes"ter\, n. [OE. testere a headpiece, helmet, OF.
testiere, F. t[^e]ti[`e]re a head covering, fr. OF. teste the
head, F. t[^e]te, fr. L. testa an earthen pot, the skull. See
Test a cupel, and cf. Testi[`e]re.]
1. A headpiece; a helmet. [Obs.]
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The shields bright, testers, and trappures.
--Chaucer.
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2. A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb. --Oxf. Gross.
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3. A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts.
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No testers to the bed, and the saddles and
portmanteaus heaped on me to keep off the cold.
--Walpole.
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WordNet tester
n 1: someone who administers a test to determine your
qualifications [syn: examiner, quizzer]
2: a flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed)

Moby Dictionary
analyst , analyzer , assayer , essayer , examinant , examiner ,
experimenter , inspector , investigator , observer , research worker ,
researcher , scrutineer , test driver , test pilot , tryer-out ,
visitator , visitor