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Definition of Taster
1. Noun. Someone who samples food or drink for its quality.
Generic synonyms: Critic
Specialized synonyms: Wine Taster
Derivative terms: Sample, Taste, Taste
Definition of Taster
1. n. One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality.
Definition of Taster
1. Noun. That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like. ¹
2. Noun. One who tastes anything, especially food, wine etc., for quality. ¹
3. Noun. (zoology) A kind of zooid situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora, resembling the feeding zooids, but destitute of mouths. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Taster
1. one that tastes [n -S] - See also: tastes
Medical Definition of Taster
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1. One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality. "Thy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat." (Dryden)
2. That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Taster
Literary usage of Taster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1842)
"... and a wine taster from Pompeii—Religious use« of sprinkling pot« among the
... described and explained—Modern liquor taster and dropping tubes—Trick ..."
2. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1849)
"... and a wine taster from Pompeii—Religious uses of sprinkling pots among the
... taster and dropping tubes—Trick performed with various liquids fey a ..."
3. The Irish Jurist (1855)
"It is clear that that Act contemplates two separate end distinct offices of
weighmaster and taster, although both may happen to be vested in the same ..."
4. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1908)
"The Earth taster THE cheese and butter taster, which draws samples from the middle
of a big ... There may have been a time when this taster was not known, ..."
5. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1858)
"... and a wine taster from Pompeii—Religious uses of sprinkling pots among the
... described and explained—Modern liquor taster and dropping tubes—Trick ..."
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