sampler

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something
noun someone who samples food or drink for its quality
noun an assortment of various samples

From Old French essamplaire, from Latin exemplāris. Doublet of exemplar.

The Old Sampler Mary Hallock Foote. — McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey
Mind thee keeps near the house and finishes thy sampler." — Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes, Charles Madison Curry
You bid her mind her sampler, and not worry an old woman, Lydia Purcell." — The Children's Pilgrimage, L. T. Meade

sampling station

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