tester

English

Wikipedia

A tester (canopy) above a pulpit

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛstə/
• Rhymes: -ɛstə(r)

Etymology 1

Probably from Old French testre, from Latin testa.

Noun

tester (plural testers)

1. A canopy over a bed etc.
   • Walpole

     No testers to the bed, and the saddles and portmanteaus heaped on me to keep off the cold.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 11

     With our shaggy jackets drawn about our shoulders, we now passed the Tomahawk from one to the other, till slowly there grew over us a blue hanging tester of smoke, illuminated by the flame of the new-lit lamp.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, The China Governess^[1]:

     The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […]  The bed was the most extravagant piece.  Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.

Etymology 2

A vacuum tube tester

From test +‎ -er.

Noun

tester (plural testers)

1. A person who administers a test.
2. A device used for testing.
3. (Australia, slang, obsolete) A punishment of 25 lashes (strokes of a whip) across a person′s back.
4. A sample of perfume available in a shop for customers to try before they buy.

Translations

a person administering a test

• Russian: тестировщик (ru) m (tɛstiróvščik), испытатель (ru) m (ispytátel'), тестер (ru) m (tɛ́stɛr)

Synonyms

• (punishment) Botany Bay dozen

Etymology 3

For testern, teston, from French teston, from Old French teste the head, the head of the king being impressed upon the coin. See tester a covering, and compare testone, testoon.

Noun

tester (plural testers)

1. An old French silver coin.
2. (UK, slang, dated) A sixpence.

Synonyms

• (sixpence): teston, tizzy

Anagrams

• retest
• setter
• street

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French

Etymology 1

test +‎ -er

Verb

tester

1. to test

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tester (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tester			avoir testé
gerund		en testant			en ayant testé
present participle		testant
past participle		testé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	teste	testes	teste	testons	testez	testent
	imperfect	testais	testais	testait	testions	testiez	testaient
	past historic1	testai	testas	testa	testâmes	testâtes	testèrent
	future	testerai	testeras	testera	testerons	testerez	testeront
	conditional	testerais	testerais	testerait	testerions	testeriez	testeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	teste	testes	teste	testions	testiez	testent
	imperfect1	testasse	testasses	testât	testassions	testassiez	testassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	teste	—	testons	testez	—
1literary tenses

Etymology 2

From Latin testor.

Verb

tester

1. to write one's will

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tester (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tester			avoir testé
gerund		en testant			en ayant testé
present participle		testant
past participle		testé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	teste	testes	teste	testons	testez	testent
	imperfect	testais	testais	testait	testions	testiez	testaient
	past historic1	testai	testas	testa	testâmes	testâtes	testèrent
	future	testerai	testeras	testera	testerons	testerez	testeront
	conditional	testerais	testerais	testerait	testerions	testeriez	testeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	teste	testes	teste	testions	testiez	testent
	imperfect1	testasse	testasses	testât	testassions	testassiez	testassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	teste	—	testons	testez	—
1literary tenses

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Latin

Verb

tester

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of testor

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Swedish

Noun

tester

1. indefinite plural of test