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Noun
Our testers experienced a wide range of weather, including snow flurries, drizzle, rain, temperatures between the 20s and 70s, and high winds with gusts over 35 mph.—Sandi Schwartz, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2025 Our testers noted if the beds were really bouncy, as this is usually a sign of limited motion isolation.—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 13 June 2025 To help prevent cyber threats, a major tool in a QA tester’s belt is a comprehensive security testing framework.—Margarita Simonova, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025 One tester had to wrestle it away from their husband just to get a taste.—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tester
Word History
Etymology
Noun (2)
Middle English, headboard of a bed, canopy, from Anglo-French, from teste head, from Late Latin testa skull, from Latin, shell
Noun (3)
modification of Middle French testart, from teston
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