One who tastes or experiences something beforehand; someone who samples or previews.
From 'foretaste' plus '-er' agent noun suffix. Describes someone whose role is to sample in advance.
Medieval kings employed official 'foretasters' (poison-tasters) to foretaste meals—a literally deadly job that shows how seriously people took advance sampling, though hopefully modern product testers have safer working conditions!
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