setter
see also: Setter
Pronunciation Noun
Setter
Proper noun
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see also: Setter
Pronunciation Noun
setter (plural setters)
- One who sets something, especially a typesetter.
- The exam was so hard we assumed the question setter must have been in a bad mood.
- Some crossword setters work for various newspapers under different pseudonyms.
- A long-haired breed of gundog (Wikipedia).
- She has a spaniel and a red setter.
- (volleyball) The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
- (object-oriented programming) A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
- (sports, in combinations) 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.
- (computing) mutator
- German: Setzer, Setzerin
- German: Setter, Vorstehhund, Vorstehhündin
- Russian: сеттер
- Italian: palleggiatore, palleggiatrice
- Portuguese: levantador
- Russian: пасующий
setter (setters, present participle settering; past and past participle settered)
- (UK, dialect, transitive) To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
Setter
Proper noun
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