sampler
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- noun
- /ˈsæmplər/
:
catador
- Before deciding on a wine, we asked the sampler for her opinion on the best options.
Examples
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As a food critic, she often serves as a sampler at various culinary events to judge the dishes.
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The chef selected a group of expert samplers to evaluate his new menu items.
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Samplers may also maintain individual milk production records for each cow in a customer's herd.
Academic text (2016) -
The Sampler in sport (Burton, 1988; Burton & Martens, 1986) is a person who has a relatively brief involvement in a sport for the purpose of trying it out.
Academic text (1991) -
Milk samplers transport samples to the laboratory for bacteriological and butterfat content analysis, contact potential customers to explain the benefits of the testing program to sell milk testing services, and may assist customers in interpreting sample test results to maximize benefits to customers.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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A person who tries small amounts of food or drink to judge its flavor
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A person who tries food or drink to check its flavour
A person who tries food or drink to judge how good it is
Compounds
A collection showing many different kinds of things like food, music and crafts
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sampler comes from the word sample, which means a 'small part' or an example, and the ending -er makes it someone who does something. So a sampler is someone who tastes a small part to judge the quality of the whole.