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Webster 1913 Edition
Tester
Tes′ter
,Noun.
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
,Noun.
[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
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tester
TEST'ER
,Noun.
TEST'ER
Definition 2024
tester
tester
English
A tester (canopy) above a pulpit
Noun
tester (plural testers)
- A canopy over a bed.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.13:
- And I could as hardly spare my gloves as my shirt, or forbeare washing of my hands both in the mornng and rising from the table, or lye in a bed without a testerne and curtaines about it, as of most necessary things.
- Walpole
- No testers to the bed, and the saddles and portmanteaus heaped on me to keep off the cold.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess:
- 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 half tester 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.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.13:
- Something that overhangs something else; especially a canopy or soundboard over a pulpit.
- 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.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 11:
Etymology 2
A vacuum tube tester
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.[1]
- 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.
Translations
a person administering a test
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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)
Synonyms
References
- ↑ 1987, Robert Hughes, The Fatal Shore, 1996, paperback, ISBN 1-86046-150-6, Chapter 12.
Anagrams
French
Etymology 1
Verb
tester
- 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 /tɛs.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | testé /tɛs.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | teste /tɛst/ |
testes /tɛst/ |
teste /tɛst/ |
testons /tɛs.tɔ̃/ |
testez /tɛs.te/ |
testent /tɛst/ |
| imperfect | testais /tɛs.tɛ/ |
testais /tɛs.tɛ/ |
testait /tɛs.tɛ/ |
testions /tɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
testiez /tɛs.tje/ |
testaient /tɛs.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | testai /tɛs.te/ |
testas /tɛs.ta/ |
testa /tɛs.ta/ |
testâmes /tɛs.tam/ |
testâtes /tɛs.tat/ |
testèrent /tɛs.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | testerai /tɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
testeras /tɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
testera /tɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
testerons /tɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
testerez /tɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
testeront /tɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | testerais /tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
testerais /tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
testerait /tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
testerions /tɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
testeriez /tɛs.tə.ʁje/ |
testeraient /tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 /tɛst/ |
testes /tɛst/ |
teste /tɛst/ |
testions /tɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
testiez /tɛs.tje/ |
testent /tɛst/ |
| imperfect1 |
testasse /tɛs.tas/ |
testasses /tɛs.tas/ |
testât /tɛs.ta/ |
testassions /tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
testassiez /tɛs.ta.sje/ |
testassent /tɛs.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | teste /tɛst/ |
— | testons /tɛs.tɔ̃/ |
testez /tɛs.te/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Etymology 2
Verb
tester
- 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 /tɛs.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | testé /tɛs.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | teste /tɛst/ |
testes /tɛst/ |
teste /tɛst/ |
testons /tɛs.tɔ̃/ |
testez /tɛs.te/ |
testent /tɛst/ |
| imperfect | testais /tɛs.tɛ/ |
testais /tɛs.tɛ/ |
testait /tɛs.tɛ/ |
testions /tɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
testiez /tɛs.tje/ |
testaient /tɛs.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | testai /tɛs.te/ |
testas /tɛs.ta/ |
testa /tɛs.ta/ |
testâmes /tɛs.tam/ |
testâtes /tɛs.tat/ |
testèrent /tɛs.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | testerai /tɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
testeras /tɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
testera /tɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
testerons /tɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
testerez /tɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
testeront /tɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | testerais /tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
testerais /tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
testerait /tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
testerions /tɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
testeriez /tɛs.tə.ʁje/ |
testeraient /tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
|
| 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 /tɛst/ |
testes /tɛst/ |
teste /tɛst/ |
testions /tɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
testiez /tɛs.tje/ |
testent /tɛst/ |
| imperfect1 |
testasse /tɛs.tas/ |
testasses /tɛs.tas/ |
testât /tɛs.ta/ |
testassions /tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
testassiez /tɛs.ta.sje/ |
testassent /tɛs.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | teste /tɛst/ |
— | testons /tɛs.tɔ̃/ |
testez /tɛs.te/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||