"sampler" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsamplɚ/ [General-American] Forms: samplers [plural]
Etymology: From Old French essamplaire, from Latin exemplāris. Doublet of exemplar. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|essamplaire}} Old French essamplaire, {{der|en|la|exemplāris}} Latin exemplāris, {{doublet|en|exemplar}} Doublet of exemplar Head templates: {{en-noun}} sampler (plural samplers)
  1. A piece of needlework embroidered with a variety of designs.
    Sense id: en-sampler-en-noun-xZ8J6sAA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈsamplɚ/, /ˈsampəlɚ/ Forms: samplers [plural]
Etymology: From sample + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sample|er}} sample + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} sampler (plural samplers)
  1. Someone whose job is to take samples.
    Sense id: en-sampler-en-noun-1wS4J9ul
  2. A device that takes samples. Translations (digital device): sampler [masculine] (Polish), семплер (sempler) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-sampler-en-noun-k6dTKPAr Disambiguation of 'digital device': 0 88 12 0
  3. (music) An electronic musical instrument that records and plays back samples of recordings. Categories (topical): Music, Musical instruments
    Sense id: en-sampler-en-noun-5BOud8Yz Disambiguation of Musical instruments: 9 2 3 78 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 2 3 55 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 4 4 56 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 18 9 10 46 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 6 6 46 16 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 9 10 43 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 8 9 49 15 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. A representative selection of a larger group.
    Sense id: en-sampler-en-noun-43mcF2qT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rosette sampler, Whitman's sampler
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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