setter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛt.ə/
ipa: /ˈset.ə/
ipa: /ˈsɛt.ɚ/
ipa: [-ɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: setters
Etymology: 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).
Senses: examples: text: 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.
synonyms: compositor
glosses: A typesetter.
examples: text: The exam was so hard we assumed the question setter must have been in a bad mood.
text: The setter of this crossword has been known to throw us all for a loop occasionally.
text: 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.
ref: 2000, Rita Wicks-Nelson, Allen C. Israel, Behavior Disorders of Childhood, page 188:
text: One of the most admired and best-known crossword setters in the English language, Graham was known for his idiosyncratic style and extended anagrams.
ref: 2013 November 26, John Plunkett, “Rev John Graham, aka crossword setter Araucaria, dies aged 92”, in The Guardian:
glosses: One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination.
examples: text: She has a spaniel and a red setter.
text: 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.
ref: 1931, Francis Beeding, “7/2”, in The Norwich Victims:
coordinate_terms: pointer
retriever
glosses: Any of several long-haired breeds of hunting dog that set when they have scented game.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
volleyball
glosses: The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
synonyms: mutator
coordinate_terms: getter
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 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 Nov 2016:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.
raw_tags: in combinations
examples: text: O, 'tis our setter. I know his voice
ref: 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
glosses: One who hunts victims for sharpers.
glosses: One who adapts words to music in composition.
glosses: A shallow seggar for porcelain.
glosses: A shill bidder at an auction.
Derived terms: bonesetter
English setter
filmsetter
firesetter
form setter
gemsetter
Gordon setter
imagesetter
Irish red and white setter
Irish setter
jet-setter
Laverack setter
Llewellin setter
moodsetter
nonsetter
nutsetter
onsetter
pacesetter
photosetter
pinsetter
red setter
route setter
scenesetter
setterlike
setter-up
setterwort
tasksetter
toolsetter
trendsetter
Related terms: seater
sitter