sampler

[ sam-pler, sahm- ]

/ ˈsæm plər, ˈsɑm- /

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noun

a person who samples.

a piece of cloth embroidered with various stitches, serving to show a beginner's skill in needlework.

a collection of samples, selections, etc.: a sampler of French poetry.

an electronic device that digitally encodes and stores samples of sound.

Nearby words

samphire, sample, sample point, sample room, sample space, sampler, sampling, sampling distribution, sampling frame, sampling statistic, sampo

Origin of sampler

1250–1300; Middle English samplere < Old French essamplere, exemplaire < Latin exemplārium exemplar

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Examples from the Web for sampler

Sampler verses had their times and seasons, and ran through families.
Child Life in Colonial Days|Alice Morse Earle
What she referred to was a labor of years, a sampler intended (some day) for the wall of Mr. Kenny's study.
Wilderness of Spring|Edgar Pangborn
The patterns of the borders vary a great deal; I have counted thirty different ones on one sampler.
Samplers and Tapestry Embroideries|Marcus Bourne Huish
The sampler is designed to show how far one can dispense with it.
Art in Needlework|Lewis F. Day

Like feather-stitch (see diagram), it is worked on four guiding lines, faintly visible on the sampler.
Art in Needlework|Lewis F. Day

British Dictionary definitions for sampler

sampler

/ (ˈsɑːmplə) /

noun

a person who takes samples

a piece of embroidery executed as an example of the embroiderer's skill in using a variety of stitches: often incorporating numbers, letters, and the name and age of the embroiderer in a decorative panel

music a piece of electronic equipment used for sampling

a recording comprising a collection of tracks from other albums, intended to stimulate interest in the featured products

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