[f. TASSEL v. + -ER1; cf. OF. taseleor.]
† 1. One who makes tassels. Obs. rare.
1301. Rolls of Parlt., I. 248/2. Matilda la Taselere. Ibid., 255/2. Gilbert le Taselere.
2. One who wears a cap with a tassel; † gold tasseller, a nobleman who is a member of a university, distinguished by his academic cap having a tassel of gold thread: cf. TASSEL sb.1 2, quot. 1755.
1846. Landor, Citation Shaks., Wks. II. 285/2. The worst question to any gold tasseller is, ‘How do you do?’
