setter.
A typesetter.
Meaning & usage
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.
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.
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 player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.
One who hunts victims for sharpers.
One who adapts words to music in composition.
A shallow seggar for porcelain.
A shill bidder at an auction.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti Proto-Germanic *satjaną Proto-West Germanic *sattjan Old English settan Middle English setten Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English settere English setter 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).
To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
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