setter

See also: Setter

English

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setter (gundog)

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Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛt.ə/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈset.ə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛt.ɚ/,
Rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: set‧ter

Etymology 1

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).

Noun

setter (plural setters)

A typesetter.
Synonym: compositor

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.
- 2000, Rita Wicks-Nelson, Allen C. Israel, Behavior Disorders of Childhood, page 188:
  In this sample, twenty of the twenty-seven fire setters received a primary or secondary diagnosis of conduct disorder, compared with only eleven of twenty-seven nonsetters.
- 2013 November 26, John Plunkett, “Rev John Graham, aka crossword setter Araucaria, dies aged 92”, in The Guardian‎:
  One of the most admired and best-known crossword setters in the English language, Graham was known for his idiosyncratic style and extended anagrams.
A long-haired breed of hunting dog.
She has a spaniel and a red setter.
- 1931, Francis Beeding, “7/2”, in The Norwich Victims‎:
  The two Gordon setters came obediently to heel. Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago.
(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.
Synonym: mutator

Coordinate term: getter
(sports, in combinations) A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.
- 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 15 November 2016:
  It was desperately close until all but the closing moments, and for that we had the 32nd-ranked [Julien] Benneteau to thank for bringing the fight out in [Roger] Federer, whose thirst for these long battles has waned over the past couple of years. For a player regarded by many as the greatest of all time his record in completed five-setters is ordinary: now 20 wins, 16 losses.
One who hunts victims for sharpers.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
  O, 'tis our setter. I know his voice
One who adapts words to music in composition.
A shallow seggar for porcelain.
(UK, slang, obsolete) A shill bidder at an auction.