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Noun
Blue Bell Ice Cream Sandwiches Before ever taking a bite of this sandwich, almost every tester noted that the cookie on this brand was much darker in color than the others.—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 16 May 2026 Our testers loved the vibrant color of this cocktail, and the grassy, herbaceous garden flavor.—Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 15 May 2026 Our staff and testers A beauty product is a personal purchase.—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 14 May 2026 For the PurSteam SteamTech Elite, our tester focused on its LED display and digital controls, the steam-burst feature for deeper wrinkles and the self-cleaning function for this review.—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 13 May 2026 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