Definitions for: Tester


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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: examiner, quizzer

See Also: asker, canopy, enquirer, inquirer, querier, questioner

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