taster
Americannoun
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a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
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a container for taking samples or tasting.
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a wide shallow cup, usually metal, for holding wine to be tasted, as by a professional taster.
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a person employed or ordered to taste the food and drink prepared for a king, dictator, etc., to ascertain the presence of poison.
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Genetics. a person able to taste phenylthiourea or some other test substance.
noun
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a person who samples food or drink for quality
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any device used in tasting or sampling
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a person employed, esp formerly, to taste food and drink prepared for a king, etc, to test for poison
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a sample or preview of a product, experience, etc, intended to stimulate interest in the product, experience, etc, itself
the single serves as a taster for the band's new album
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Etymology
Origin of taster
1350–1400; Middle English tastour < Anglo-French. See taste, -er 1
Example Sentences
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Three months later, they were filming a taster for the documentary on location in Mexico.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
So far, the pair have been using four venues in Wokingham, Caversham, Theale and Tilehurst for their taster sessions.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
Robert's advice to first-year students struggling to socialise is to just "get out of your room" and go to club and society taster events until you find one you enjoy.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025
The 'Every Girl Moves' event was held at Les Quennevais School on Monday with about 15 sports clubs on site to give taster sessions to children.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025
Every place they stayed was first secured by the King’s Guard, and every meal they ate was first tasted by the King’s chief taster to ensure that the food was not poisoned.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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