SAMPLER (sampler)

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Irregular inflected form: sampler   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sampler mean? 

• SAMPLER (noun)
  The noun SAMPLER has 4 senses:

1. an observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something

2. someone who samples food or drink for its quality

3. an assortment of various samples

4. a piece of embroidery demonstrating skill with various stitches

  Familiarity information: SAMPLER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAMPLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

sampler; sampling station

Hypernyms ("sampler" is a kind of...):

observation station (a station set up for making observations of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who samples food or drink for its quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

sampler; taste-tester; taste tester; taster

Hypernyms ("sampler" is a kind of...):

critic (anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sampler"):

wine taster (a taster who evaluates the quality of wines)

Derivation:

sample (take a sample of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An assortment of various samples

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

a sampler of French poets

Hypernyms ("sampler" is a kind of...):

assortment; miscellanea; miscellany; mixed bag; mixture; motley; potpourri; salmagundi; smorgasbord; variety (a collection containing a variety of sorts of things)

Derivation:

sample (take a sample of)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A piece of embroidery demonstrating skill with various stitches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sampler" is a kind of...):

embroidery; fancywork (decorative needlework)

Derivation:

sample (take a sample of)

 Context examples 

I had entered on my studies at Oxford, while you were a good little girl working your sampler at home!

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)