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Tester Meaning & Definition
Tester Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tester?

[n] a flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed)
[n] someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tester: examiner | quizzer

Related Terms | Find terms related to Tester:

See Also | asker | canopy | enquirer | inquirer | querier | questioner

Tester In Webster's Dictionary

\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.] The shields bright, testers, and trappures. --Chaucer. 2. A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb. --Oxf. Gross. 3. A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts. No testers to the bed, and the saddles and portmanteaus heaped on me to keep off the cold. --Walpole.
\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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