Lewis Short
praegustātor (noun M) : praegusto, one who tastes the meats and drinks before they are served at the table of a prince
* A foretaster, taster, cup-bearer.
* Lit., Suet. Claud. 44: DIVI AVGVSTI,Inscr. Grut. 602, 4; so ib. 582.—With private persons, Inscr. Grut. 626, 2.
* Trop.: praegustator libidinum tuarum,Cic. Dom. 10, 25: in omnibus nuptiis praegustator,Lact. Mort. Pers. 38, 4.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary