setter
UK /ˈsɛt.ə/ · US /ˈsɛt.ɚ/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms setters settering settered
- noun 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.”
- noun 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.”
- noun Any of several long-haired breeds of hunting dog that set when they have scented game. “She has a spaniel and a red setter.”
- noun (volleyball) The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
- noun (object-oriented programming) A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
- noun (sports, in combinations) A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.
- noun One who hunts victims for sharpers.
- noun One who adapts words to music in composition.
- verb (UK, dialect, transitive) To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
- proper noun A surname.
Synonyms
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).
Webster’s 1913
- noun One who, or that which, sets; --used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth.
- noun A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching.
- verb To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue. [Prov. Eng.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “setter”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details