trier

Meanings

1. One who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard.
2. An instrument used for sampling something.
3. One who tries judicially.
4. A person appointed by law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.
5. That which tries or approves; a test.

1. A city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the banks of the Moselle river.
2. A habitational surname from German.

Etymology

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