Meaning

10 senses
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

    Setzer, Setzerin

    one who sets written material into type

  3. Any of several long-haired breeds of hunting dog that set when they have scented game.

    She has a spaniel and a red setter.

    Setter, Vorstehhund, Vorstehhündin

    сеттерsetter

    a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point

  4. The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.

    Steller, Stellerin, Passeur

    пасующийpasujuščij, связующийsvjazujuščij

  5. A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.

  6. A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.

  7. One who hunts victims for sharpers.

  8. One who adapts words to music in composition.

  9. A shallow seggar for porcelain.

  10. (UK, obsolete, slang)A shill bidder at an auction.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
breed of dog:
volleyball player:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
one who sets something:
breed of dog:
volleyball player:

Origin

From Middle English settere, equivalent to set + -er. Compare West Frisian setter, Dutch z

From Middle English settere, equivalent to set + -er. Compare West Frisian setter, Dutch zetter, German Low German Setter, German Setzer.

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