sampler

Someone whose job is to take samples.

Noun

  1. Someone whose job is to take samples.
  2. A device that takes samples.
  3. An electronic musical instrument that records and plays back samples of recordings.
  4. A representative selection of a larger group.
    • He also made a sampler CD, with one minute samples of 26 of their songs, for free distribution to people they met in Buffalo, and to others who showed an interest in their music. - 2012, Eric Bishop-Potter, A Ruined...

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der. Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin eximō Latin exemplumbor. Old French essainplebor. Middle English saumple English sample English -er English sampler From sample + -er.

Forms

samplers

Derived

autosampler microsampler multisampler rompler rosette sampler subsampler Whitman's sampler

Noun Entry 2

  1. A piece of needlework embroidered with a variety of designs.

Origin

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

Forms

samplers