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 7663rd 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
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