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Definition of Setter

1. Noun. One who sets written material into type.

2. Noun. A long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point.

Definition of Setter

1. n. 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.

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

Definition of Setter

1. Noun. One who sets something, especially a typesetter ¹

2. Noun. A long-haired breed of gundog. ¹

3. Noun. (context: volleyball) The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack. ¹

4. Noun. (computing programming) A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter. ¹

5. Noun. (sports in combinations) A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Setter

1. one that sets [n -S] - See also: sets

Medical Definition of Setter

1. 1. 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. 2. 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. There are several distinct varieties of setters; as, the Irish, or red, setter; the Gordon setter, which is usually red or tan varied with black; and the English setter, which is variously coloured, but usually white and tawny red, with or without black. 3. One who hunts victims for sharpers. 4. One who adapts words to music in composition. 5. An adornment; a decoration; with off. "They come as . . . Setters off of thy graces." (Whitlock) 6. A shallow seggar for porcelain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Setter

sets back sets fire sets foot sets forth sets in sets off sets on fire sets out sets sail sets up

setscrew setscrews sett settee settees setter (current term) settered settering setterlike setters

setterwort setterworts settest setteth setting setting about setting apart setting aside setting back setting expansion

Literary usage of Setter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Descriptions of Occupations by United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Employment Service (1918)
"MACHINE setter GROUP [For explanation'of " machine setter " as used herein see prefatory statement and directions for using descriptions and code words, ..."

2. London by Charles Knight (1843)
"There be requisite," he begins, " effectually to act the art of coney-catching, three several parties ; the setter, the Verser, and the Barnacle. ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1885)
"The points of the English setter may be described as follow : Th« ... There should be in the average dog-setter at least four inches from the inner corner ..."

4. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"The setter then makes up to the man, and, entering into conversation with him, easily contrives to learn the part of the country ..."

5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"The head is remarkably developed, the brain very large, and the ani- Г=^Я setter. mal evinces intelligence, affection, and docility. ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"They include the Common Spaniel, the Water Dog, and the setter, ... The setter is also a favourite with sportsmen, its habit of crouching when Flu. 4. ..."

7. Instructions to Young Sportsmen: In All that Relates to Guns and Shooting by Peter Hawker, William Trotter Porter (1846)
"The precise period at which the setter came into existence is somewhat obscure, ... According to Mr. Youatt, as far back as 1335, we find the setter ..."

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