ale-taster

See also: aletaster

English

Etymology

From ale +‎ taster.

Noun

ale-taster (plural ale-tasters)

1. (obsolete) An officer appointed to test the ale and bread in a parish or town.

Synonyms

• ale-conner

References

• 1949, John Dover Wilson (compiler), Life in Shakespeare's England. A Book of Elizabethan Prose, Cambridge at the University Press. 1st ed. 1911, 2nd ed. 1913, 8th reprint. In Glossary and Notes