• Trier

    Origin

    try + -er

    Full definition of trier

    Noun

    trier

    (plural triers)
    1. One who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard.
    2. An instrument used for sampling something.
      • 2009, Stephanie Clark, ‎Michael Costello, ‎Floyd Bodyfelt, The Sensory Evaluation of Dairy Products (page 145)The judge should grasp the butter trier firmly in hand and insert the sampling device as near as possible to the center of the butter sample.
    3. One who tries judicially.
    4. (legal) A person appointed by law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.
    5. (obsolete) That which tries or approves; a test.

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