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setter

noun
/ˈsɛt.ə/UK/ˈset.ə//ˈsɛt.ɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English settere, equivalent to set + -er. Compare West Frisian setter, Dutch zetter, German Low German Setter, German Setzer. The hunting dogs are so named because when they scent the game, they set (that is, strike a certain stance).

  1. inherited from settere

Definitions

  1. A typesetter.

    • Any query to the setter is required to be addressed as such (e.g., "Setter: Please check"); otherwise it will be treated as a query to the author.

  2. One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination.

    • The exam was so hard we assumed the question setter must have been in a bad mood.
    • The setter of this crossword has been known to throw us all for a loop occasionally.
    • In this sample, twenty of the twenty-seven fire setters received a primary or secondary diagnosis of conduct disorder, compared with only eleven of twenty-seven nonsetters.

  3. Any of several long-haired breeds of hunting dog that set when they have scented game.

    • She has a spaniel and a red setter.
    • The two Gordon setters came obediently to heel. Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago.
  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an…

      The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.

    2. A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the…

      A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.

    3. A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.

    4. One who hunts victims for sharpers.

      • O, 'tis our setter. I know his voice

    5. One who adapts words to music in composition.

    6. A shallow seggar for porcelain.

    7. A shill bidder at an auction.

    8. To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.

    9. A surname.

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Derived

bonesetter, English setter, felon-setter, filmsetter, firesetter, form setter, gemsetter, Gordon setter, imagesetter, Irish red and white setter, Irish setter, jet-setter, Laverack setter, Llewellin setter, moodsetter, nonsetter, nutsetter, onsetter, pacesetter, photosetter, pinsetter, red setter, route setter, scenesetter, setterlike, setter-up, setterwort, tasksetter, toolsetter, trendsetter

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA