Tester

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that tests: a battery tester; a taste tester.
  • n. A canopy, as over a bed or pulpit.
  • n. See teston.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A canopy over a bed etc.
  • n. A person who administers a test.
  • n. A device used for testing.
  • n. A sample of perfume available in a shop for customers to try before they buy.
  • n. An old French silver coin.
  • n. A sixpence.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A headpiece; a helmet.
  • n. A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb.
  • n. A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts.
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who tests, tries, assays, or proves.
  • n. Any instrument or apparatus used in testing: as, a steam-gage tester; a vacuum-tester.
  • n. A canopy.
  • n. Specifically— The frame which connects the tops of the posts in a four-post bedstead, and the material stretched upon it, the whole forming a sort of canopy.
  • n. In architecture, a flat canopy, as over a pulpit or a tomb.
  • n. A head-piece; a helmet.
  • n. A name given to the shillings coined by Henry VIII., and to sixpences later (compare teston); also, in modern slang, a sixpence.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications
  • n. a flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    inquirer    questioner    querier    enquirer    asker    canopy   
    Variant
    tizzy    teston   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chester    Esther    Hester    Kester    Leicester    Lester    Nester    Nestor    Sylvester    ester   
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