TESTER

tester

(noun) a flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed)

examiner, tester, quizzer

(noun) someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

tester (plural testers)

A canopy over a bed.

Something that overhangs something else; especially a canopy or soundboard over a pulpit.

Etymology 2

Noun

tester (plural testers)

A person who administers a test.

A device used for testing.

(Australia, slang, obsolete) A punishment of 25 lashes (strokes of a whip) across a person′s back.

A sample of perfume available in a shop for customers to try before they buy.

(cycling) A cyclist who focuses on success in time trials.

Synonyms

• (punishment) Botany Bay dozen

Hyponyms

• software tester

Etymology 3

Noun

tester (plural testers)

An old French silver coin.

(Britain, slang, dated) A sixpence.

Synonyms: teston, tizzy

Anagrams

• Setter, Street, Teters, retest, setter, street

Etymology

Proper noun

Tester (plural Testers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tester is the 7663^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4334 individuals. Tester is most common among White (94.67%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Setter, Street, Teters, retest, setter, street

Source: Wiktionary

Tes"ter, n. Etym: [OE. testere a headpiece, helmet, OF. testiere, F. têtière a head covering, fr. OF. teste the head, F. tête, fr. L. testa an earthen pot, the skull. See Test a cupel, and cf. Testière.]

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. Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition