trier
/ˈtɹaɪə(ɹ)/US/tɹɪɹ/
trier noun: one who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard.
Noun
trier (plural triers)
- One who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard.
- […] I had once brought me a certain Earth, by a Gentleman that digg'd it up in this, or ſome neighboring Country, vvhich, though it ſeem'd but a Mineral Earth, did really afford, to a very expert tryer of Metals of my acquaintance, a not deſpicable proportion of Gold.1663, Robert Boyle, “Essay V. Proposing Some Particulars wherein Natural Philosophy may be Useful to the Therapeutical Part of Physick.”, in Some Considerations Touching the Vsefulnesse of...
- An instrument used for sampling something.
- The judge should grasp the butter trier firmly in hand and insert the sampling device as near as possible to the center of the butter sample.2009, Stephanie Clark, Michael Costello, Floyd Bodyfelt, The Sensory Evaluation of Dairy Products, page 145
- One who tries judicially.
- A person appointed by law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.
- That which tries or approves; a test.
- Nay, mother, / Where is your ancient courage? you were us'd / To say, extremity was the trier of spiritsc. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
Proper noun capitalized: Trier
Trier (countable and uncountable, plural Triers)
- A city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the banks of the Moselle river.
- A habitational surname from German.
- Synonyms:
- Treves
Synonyms of trier
Forms of trier
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | triers |
| alternative form | tryer |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Triers |
| alternative form | Triers |
Origin of trier
From Middle English triour, from Anglo-Norman triour and Middle English trien (equivalent to try + -er).
From German Trier, from Latin Treverorum. Ultimately from the Roman name of the settlement, Augusta Trēverōrum, taken from the Gaulish name of a local tribe of Gauls. Compare also the French name for the city, Trèves.
Words formed from trier
Words that rhyme with trier
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- choir
- desire
- esquire
- inspire
- tire
- acquire
- admire
- dire
- empire
- respire
- sire
- transpire
- dryer
- friar
- fryer
- gyre
- lyre
- mire
- misfire
- require
- underfire
- aspire
- bemire
- buyer
- conspire
- inquire
- overfire
- perspire
- quire
- tyre
- attire
- briar
- crier
- higher
- lier
- overtire
- Pryor
- pyre
- re-retire
- retrochoir
- rewire
- supplier
- suspire
- underwire
- unretire
- afire
- byre
- drier
Questions about trier
- What does trier mean?
- Trier means one who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard.
- What part of speech is trier?
- Trier can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce trier?
- Trier is pronounced /ˈtɹaɪə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of trier?
- The plural of trier is triers.
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