aleconner

ale-conner

From ale +‎ con +‎ -er, from Old English cunnen (“to test”), from cunnian (“to test”).

aleconner (plural aleconners)

1. (historical, UK) An officer, appointed yearly, who tasted ale (as well as bread), to ensure its quality. The role remains in the 21st century, albeit mostly ceremonial
2. (historical, UK) One of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London, England for inspecting the measures used in public houses.

• aletaster

• 1949, John Dover Wilson (compiler), Life in Shakespeare's England. A Book of Elizabethan Prose, Cambridge at the University Press. 1st ed. 1911, 2nd ed. 1913, 8th reprint. In Glossary and Notes
• “aleconner”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• noncereal