See Also: taster(medicine)
taster(dictionary)
taster(dictionary)

taster (iou)



taster noun. LME.
[Orig. from Anglo-Norman tastour = Old French tasteur, from taster TASTE verb; later directly from TASTE verb + -ER1.]
A person who tastes something; spec. a person whose business or employment is to test the flavour or quality of a commodity by tasting (freq. as 2nd elem. of comb.). LME.
tea-taster, wine-taster, etc.
b. Hist. A person employed by another to taste his or her food and drink to detect poison. LME.
A device by which a small portion of food or drink is taken for tasting; spec. (a) a small shallow (esp. silver) cup for tasting wines; (b) an instrument for extracting a small portion from the interior of a cheese. LME.
A small portion of food or drink; a taste; spec. a portion of ice-cream served in a shallow glass. L18.