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onsetter

onsetter noun: a worker at the bottom of a mineshaft who exchanges the empty and full corves.

Noun (1)

onsetter (plural onsetters)

  1. (Northern England, UK, dialectal, historical) A worker at the bottom of a mineshaft who exchanges the empty and full corves.

Noun (2)

onsetter (plural onsetters)

  1. One who undergoes the onset of a condition.
    • Compared to normative stayers, increasing hyperactivity and maltreatment during childhood were associated with a likelihood of being a late onsetter.2008, Anna Hyun, Factors Associated with Stability and Change in Offending Among School Enrolled Adolescents and Their Transitions into Emerging Adulthood

Forms of onsetter

pluralonsetters

Origin of onsetter

From on + setter.

From onset + -er.

Questions about onsetter

What does onsetter mean?
Onsetter means a worker at the bottom of a mineshaft who exchanges the empty and full corves.
What part of speech is onsetter?
Onsetter is a noun.
What is the plural of onsetter?
The plural of onsetter is onsetters.

Words near onsetter in the dictionary

  1. onsending
  2. onsends
  3. onsens
  4. onset
  5. onsets
  6. onsetter
  7. onsetters
  8. onsetting
  9. onsettings
  10. onshell
  11. onshore

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