setter.
a person or device that sets, places, or plants something
Meaning & usage
a person or device that sets, places, or plants something a person or machine that plants potatoes or other planting material
a person or device that sets, places, or plants something a person who sets fishing gear, especially a line or net, in the water
a typesetter or typographer; a person who composes type in preparation for printing
a typesetter or typographer; a person who composes type in preparation for printing a machine that composes type in preparation for printing
Where this word comes from
From sette (“to set, put, place”) + -er (“agent noun suffix”). The printing sense is modelled on German Setzer (“typesetter”).
any of three long-haired breeds of gun dog of British or Irish origin
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from English setter (“long-haired pointing dog”), from set (“to indicate game by taking a fixed stance”). The dogs are so named because they stop and assume a characteristic stance when they scent game.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.