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tester

1

[ tes-ter ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that tests.


tester

2

[ tes-ter, tees- ]

noun

  1. a canopy, as over a bed or altar.

tester

3

[ tes-ter ]

noun

  1. the teston of Henry VIII.

tester

1

/ ˈtɛstə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that tests or is used for testing


tester

2

/ ˈtɛstə /

noun

  1. See teston
    another name for teston

tester

3

/ ˈtɛstə /

noun

  1. (in furniture) a canopy, esp the canopy over a four-poster bed

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tester1

First recorded in 1655–65; test 1 + -er 1

Origin of tester2

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English tester, testo(u)r, testir, teester “headpiece,” from Old French testiere “headpiece, head covering,” from Medieval Latin testerium, testrum, testura “canopy of a bed”; derivative of Vulgar Latin testa “head,” from Latin testa “earthenware jar; brick; tile”; test 2

Origin of tester3

First recorded in 1560–70; earlier testorn, variant of teston, with -r- from Middle French testart “teston”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tester1

C14: from Medieval Latin testerium, from Late Latin testa a skull, from Latin: shell

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Example Sentences

If you can’t decide whether to go linear, tactile or clicky, you can get a switch tester that allows you to try out several different types of switches before you settle on just one.

The pandemic has brought a heightened sense of awareness to people about hygiene and physical testers are quickly being replaced by safer, more convenient, hyper-realistic digital try ons.

From Digiday

She failed to update drug testers on her whereabouts on both occasions, her second and third offenses in a 12-month period.

“It’s a phenomenal way to try things on whether you’re in the store and can’t use a tester right now, or just sitting at home,” she adds.

From Fortune

The app was first introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2019, then launched to testers that March.

In both cases, Jon Tester and Heidi Heitkamp ran well ahead of Obama and are senators today.

The biggest problems with the True Love Tester lie not with the construction of the bra, but the philosophy behind it.

Just look at the state of Montana, where against all odds, Jon Tester was re-elected to the United States Senate.

No one seemed to expect Jon Tester to pull it out, but it was no longer a make-or-break race.

Happily (perhaps) for John Tester, Montana is the only state that has split its ticket a majority of times in recent decades.

I can pick the high-percentage butter-fat cow with my eye and let the Babcock Tester prove the wisdom of my eye.

Yet one or two of the earthenware pots survive: Judge Tester, for instance, a fellow whose impudence has carried him upwards.

"I say, Caruthers, I hope you don't mind clearing out of here for a bit," Tester would say.

But on the way down to hall, he overheard Mansell talking to Tester in the door of the changing-room.

During the final senior he was strolling round the field with Tester, both of them in cloth suits, unchanged for games.

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