setter

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛt.ə/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈset.ə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛt.ɚ/, [-ɾɚ] 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 One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination. Any of several long-haired breeds of hunting dog that set when they have scented game. Hyponym: Irish setter Coordinate terms: pointer, retriever (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. One who hunts victims for sharpers. One who adapts words to music in composition. A shallow seggar for porcelain. (UK, slang, obsolete) A shill bidder at an auction. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “setter”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== setter (third-person singular simple present setters, present participle settering, simple 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. ==== References ==== “setter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Street, Tester, Teters, retest, street, tester == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English setter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛ.tɛʁ/ ~ /se.tɛʁ/ === Noun === setter m (plural setters) setter (dog) ==== Derived terms ==== setter irlandais === Further reading === “setter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English setter. === Noun === setter m (invariable) setter (dog) === Further reading === setter in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === setter present of sette == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French setter or English setter. === Noun === setter m (plural setteri) setter (dog) ==== Declension ==== ==== Further reading ==== “setter”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Swedish == === Noun === setter c setter (dog) ==== Declension ==== ==== References ==== “setter”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “setter”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “setter”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)