Meanings
sampler1
plural samplers
- A piece of needlework embroidered with a variety of designs.
sampler2
plural samplers
- Someone whose job is to take samples.
- A device that takes samples.
- entertainmentAn electronic musical instrument that records and plays back samples of recordings.
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something
nounsomeone who samples food or drink for its quality
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
sampler · noun
- Latinexemplāris
- Old Frenchessamplaire
- Englishsampler
From Old French essamplaire, from Latin exemplāris. Doublet of exemplar.
More words from Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →sampler · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
- Proto-Italic*emō
- Latinemō
- Latineximō
- Latinexemplum
- Old Frenchessainple
- Middle Englishsaumple
- Englishsample
- Englishsampler
Translations
Polish sampler
- samplerdigital device
Russian семплер
- семплер (sempler)digital device
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Cite this entry
sampler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sampler
“sampler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sampler. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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