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tester | |
1. n. A canopy over a bed. | |
2. n. Something that overhangs something else; especially a canopy or soundboard over a pulpit. | |
3. n. A person who administers a test. | |
4. n. A device used for testing. | |
5. n. (Australia, slang) A punishment of 25 lashes (strokes of a whip) across a person′s back.1987,Robert Hughes, The Fatal Shore, 1996, paperback, (ISBN, 1-86046-150-6), Chapter 12. | |
6. n. A sample of perfume available in a shop for customers to try before they buy. | |
7. n. (cycling) A cyclist who focuses on success in time trials. | |
8. n. An old French silver coin. | |
9. n. (slang) A sixpence. | |