sampler
noun/ˈsæmplɚ/ · /ˈsæmpəlɚ/
Etymology From sample + -er.
1
Someone whose job is to take samples.
2
A device that takes samples.
3
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music An electronic musical instrument that records and plays back samples of recordings.
4
A representative selection of a larger group.
- He also made a sampler CD, with one minute samples of 26 of their songs, for free distribution to people they met in Buffalo, and to others who showed an interest in their music.2012, Eric Bishop-Potter, A Ruined Boy, page 76:
- Derived terms
- autosampler, microsampler, multisampler, rompler, rosette sampler, subsampler, Whitman's sampler