Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Aleconner \Ale"con`ner\, n. [/Ale + con, OE. cunnen to test, AS.
   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.] [Eng.]