Aleconner
Aleconner ({not transcribed}) , noun
[/Ale + con, Old 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 public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.] [English]