• (n.) Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.]
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Ale'con`ner noun [
/Ale +
con , Middle English
cunnen to test, Anglo-Saxon
cunnian to test. See
Con .] Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in publ...
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