• Taster

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -eɪstÉ™(ɹ)

    Origin

    {1} + -er.

    Full definition of taster

    Noun

    taster

    (plural tasters)
    1. That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.
    2. One who tastes anything, especially food, wine etc., for quality.
      • DrydenThy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat.
    3. (zoology) A kind of zooid situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora, resembling the feeding zooids, but destitute of mouths.
    4. A person who is, by genetic makeup, able to taste phenylthiocarbamide
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