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tester - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'tester' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tester [ n.]
- A headpiece; a helmet.
- A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb.
- A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts.
- An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston.