sampler
1 of 2noun (1)
sam·pler ˈsam-plər 
: a decorative piece of needlework typically having letters or verses embroidered on it in various stitches as an example of skill
sampler
2 of 2noun (2)
sam·pler ˈsam-p(ə-)lər
1
: one that collects, prepares, or examines samples
2
: something containing representative specimens or selections
a sampler of nineteen poets
K. E. Judd
K. E. Judd also : assortment
Synonyms
Noun (2)
- cross section
- sample
- sampling
- selection
- slice
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Word History
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1523, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1778, in the meaning defined at sense 1
sampler
noun
as in sampling
a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole she put together a sampler of works in the police procedural genre Synonyms & Similar Words
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- sampling
- sample
- selection
- cross section
- slice
- example
- specimen
- instance
- representative
- illustration
- prototype
- paradigm
- classic
- exemplification
- exemplar
- archetype
- case
- microcosm
- locus classicus