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
tester (plural testers)
A canopy over a bed.
Something that overhangs something else; especially a canopy or soundboard over a pulpit.
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.
• (punishment) Botany Bay dozen
• software tester
tester (plural testers)
An old French silver coin.
(Britain, slang, dated) A sixpence.
Synonyms: teston, tizzy
• Setter, Street, Teters, retest, setter, street
Tester (plural Testers)
A surname.
• 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.
• 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
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
