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ale-conner,ale-connor

Fromale +‎con +‎-er, fromOld Englishcunnen(“to test”), fromcunnian(“to test”).

aleconner (pluralaleconners)

1. (historical, UK) Anofficer, appointedyearly, who tastedale (as well asbread), to ensure its quality. The role remains in the 21st century, albeit mostly ceremonial
2. (historical, UK) One of theofficers chosen by theliverymen ofLondon,England forinspecting themeasures used inpublic houses.

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• 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”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

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