About The Word Tester
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Tester
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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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