trier

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle English triour, from Anglo-Norman triour and Middle English trien (equivalent to try + -er).

Ancient Trier and Mosel; Heidelberg and Neckar; Limberg and Lahn, ran guilty of him. — Complete Short Works of George Meredith, George Meredith
And though one be a trier of the reins, who still believeth that ye have reins! — Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
I’ve known deaf-mutes who would have learned the part quicker.” I will say this for the kid, though: he was a trier. — My man Jeeves, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

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