Associations to the word «Trier»

Wiktionary

TRIER, noun. One who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard.
TRIER, noun. An instrument used for sampling something.
TRIER, noun. One who tries judicially.
TRIER, noun. (legal) A person appointed by law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.
TRIER, noun. (obsolete) That which tries or approves; a test.
TRIER, proper noun. A city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the banks of the Moselle river.
TRIER OF FACT, noun. (legal) A person or group of people given the responsibility of determining the facts of a case from evidence presented in a legal proceeding.

Dictionary definition

TRIER, noun. One (as a judge) who examines and settles a case.
TRIER, noun. One who tries.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley