taster
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tast·er
/ ˈtāstər/
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n.
a person employed to test food or drink for quality by tasting it:
experienced tasters can tell which plantation coffee beans are from.
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a small cup used by a person tasting wine in such a way.
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an instrument for extracting a small sample from within a cheese.
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FOR KOSOVO, FREEDOM IS HISTORIC RIGHT
Newspaper article from: News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL); 4/1/1998; 700+ words
; ...over the years and even less about the Albanian people, who are descendants of the ancient inhabitants of Illyria, which as Illyricum was among the most prized prefectures of the Roman Empire. Since the fall of the Roman Empire and the arrival...
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The Crisis of the Oikoumene: The Three Chapters and the Failed Quest for Unity in the Sixth-Century Mediterranean
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...the history of the schismatic Secundus of Trent. Although Illyricum is partly covered in passing by Markus and Sotinel, it arguably deserved a dedicated chapter (note that the index's "Illyria" should read "fflyrian"), and the lack of coverage of...
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Illyria and Illyricum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Illyria and Illyricum , ancient region of the...occupied came to be known as Illyria, and therefore the name...the late Roman Empire. Illyricum then included much of the...Macedonia, Thrace, and Illyria (1926).
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Illyria
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Illyria an ancient region along the east coast of the...Albania, subsequently the Roman province of Illyricum , and later divided into the provinces of Dalmatia...1814, retaining its identity as the kingdom of Illyria until 1849.
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