Tester

From Old French testard (“someone with a big head”), a pejorative from teste (“head”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛstə(ɹ)/

Tester (plural Testers)

1. A surname from Old French.
   • 2007 January 7, Deirdre Mcnamer, “They Came From Montana”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     But only if one forgets that Mr. Tester is 50 years old, he’s seasoned in state politics, he ran a canny, gloves-off campaign, and he’s the kind of charismatic, hard-to-peg, Western neopopulist (like his friend, Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana) who might be, even now, redefining in certain far-reaching ways what it means to be a Democrat.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tester is the 7663^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4334 individuals. Tester is most common among White (94.67%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tester”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• Setter, Street, Teters, retest, setter, street