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noun

Taster n.

One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality. "Thy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat."

That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.

(Zool.) One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See Siphonophora.

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"Taster" Quotes from Famous Books

... to hear the end of the Sergeant's reminiscences of happy days when he, the Sergeant, (then full-private, full in more senses than one) had held the responsible position of beer-taster to a regiment at Jaipurbad ("an ideal drinkin' climate, Sir"), then, dismissing the old connoisseur, ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Feb. 12, 1919 • Various

... and Imperial master, Aurungzebe, —the wisest and best of the descendants of Timur,—who among other great things he had done for mankind had given to him, FADLADEEN, the very profitable posts of Betel-carrier and Taster of Sherbets to the Emperor, Chief Holder of the Girdle of Beautiful Forms,[271] and Grand Nazir ...

— The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore • Thomas Moore et al

... much of the work of Scott and Balzac was a good thing and almost a necessity of genius. It is no longer taken for granted, as it was in the days of Stevenson, that the starry word is worth the pains of discovery. Stevenson, indeed, is commonly dismissed as a pretty-pretty writer, a word-taster without intellect or passion, a juggler rather than an artist. Pater's bust also is mutilated by irreverent schoolboys: it is hinted that he may have done well enough for the days of Victoria, but that he will not do at all for ...

— The Art of Letters • Robert Lynd

... latest method, an official taster having been formerly employed, but owing to the exorbitant rate of insurance on such officers and the rapid decimation of the royal retinue, that plan was recently abandoned. After finishing his repast the Czar receives the morning papers, ...

— Said the Observer • Louis J. Stellman

Words linked to "Taster" : sampler, critic, taste-tester