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setter

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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).

Noun

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setter (plural setters)

  1. A typesetter.
    Synonym: compositor
    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.
    • 2000, Rita Wicks-Nelson, Allen C. Israel, Behavior Disorders of Childhood, page 188:
      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.
    • 2013 November 26, John Plunkett, “Rev John Graham, aka crossword setter Araucaria, dies aged 92”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      One of the most admired and best-known crossword setters in the English language, Graham was known for his idiosyncratic style and extended anagrams.
  3. Any of several long-haired breeds of hunting dog that set when they have scented game.
    Hyponym: Irish setter
    Coordinate terms: pointer, retriever
    She has a spaniel and a red setter.
    • 1931, Francis Beeding, “7/2”, in The Norwich Victims‎[2]:
      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. (volleyball) The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
  5. (object-oriented programming) A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
    Synonym: mutator
    Coordinate term: getter
  6. (sports, in combinations) A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.
    • 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian‎[3], archived from the original on 15 November 2016:
      It was desperately close until all but the closing moments, and for that we had the 32nd-ranked [Julien] Benneteau to thank for bringing the fight out in [Roger] Federer, whose thirst for these long battles has waned over the past couple of years. For a player regarded by many as the greatest of all time his record in completed five-setters is ordinary: now 20 wins, 16 losses.
  7. One who hunts victims for sharpers.
  8. One who adapts words to music in composition.
  9. A shallow seggar for porcelain.[1]
  10. (UK, slang, obsolete) A shill bidder at an auction.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • → Czech: setr
  • → Danish: setter
  • → Finnish: setteri
  • → French: setter
  • → German: Setter
  • → Italian: setter
  • → Russian: сеттер (setter)
  • → Swedish: setter
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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setter (third-person singular simple present setters, present participle settering, simple past and past participle settered)

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

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  1. ^ 1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English setter.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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setter m (plural setters)

  1. setter (dog)

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Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English setter.

Noun

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setter m (invariable)

  1. setter (dog)

Further reading

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  • setter in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian Bokmål

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setter

  1. present of sette

Swedish

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Noun

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setter c

  1. setter (dog)

Declension

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Declension of setter
nominative genitive
singular indefinite setter setters
definite settern setterns
plural indefinite settrar settrars
definite settrarna settrarnas

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