taster

2 definitions found

taster - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Taster \Tast"er\ (t[=a]st"[~e]r), n.
     1. One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or
        drink to ascertain its quality.
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              Thy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat. --Dryden.
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     2. That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram
        cup, a cheese taster, or the like.
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     3. (Zool.) One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the
        polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble
        the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See
        Siphonophora.
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taster - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  taster
      n 1: someone who samples food or drink for its quality [syn:
           taster, taste tester, taste-tester, sampler]