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test⋅er
1
[tes-ter] 
tər
–noun
| a person or thing that tests. |
tes⋅ter
2 [tes-ter, tees-] –noun
| a canopy, as over a bed or altar. |
tes⋅ter
3 [tes-ter] –noun
| the teston of Henry VIII. |
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| test·er 1 (těs'tər) n. One that tests: a battery tester; a taste tester. |
| tes·ter 2 (těs'tər, tē'stər) n. A canopy, as over a bed or pulpit. [Middle English, from Medieval Latin testrum, from Late Latin testa, skull, from Latin, shell.] |
| tes·ter 3 (těs'tər) n. See teston. [Alteration of teston.] |
| tes·ton (těs'tŏn') n.
[French, from Italian testone, augmentative of testa, head, from Late Latin, skull, from Latin, shell.] |
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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.] 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.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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tester (2)
"canopy over a bed," c.1380, from M.L. testerium, from testera "head stall," from L.L. testa (capitis) "skull," from L., lit. "earthenware, pot." The "head" sense (originally merely humorous) is the source of tester in obs. senses of "piece of armor for the head" (c.1386) and "coin of Henry VIII" (1546), the first Eng. coin to bear a true portrait. For sense development, cf. O.E. cuppe "cup" from source of Ger. kopf "head."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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tester
canopy, usually of carved or cloth-draped wood, over a bed, tomb, pulpit, or throne. It dates from the 14th century and is usually made of the same material as the object it covers. It can be supported either by four posts, by two posts at the foot and a headpiece at the back, or by suspension from the ceiling. The edges may overhang and in some cases are decorated with incised work or a fabric valance. The word, derived from the late Latin testa ("head"), came into use in the Middle Ages, originally referring only to the vertical headpiece.
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