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scenesetter

scenesetter noun: one who, or that which, sets the scene.

Noun

scenesetter (plural scenesetters)

  1. One who, or that which, sets the scene.
    • To be pragmatically determined, it must be the case that the expression does not contribute new information to the structure of the discourse except as an unremarkable scenesetter.1986, Michael Shaun Rochemont, Focus in Generative Grammar, page 58

Forms of scenesetter

pluralscenesetters

Origin of scenesetter

From scene + setter.

Questions about scenesetter

What does scenesetter mean?
Scenesetter means one who, or that which, sets the scene.
What part of speech is scenesetter?
Scenesetter is a noun.
What is the plural of scenesetter?
The plural of scenesetter is scenesetters.

Words near scenesetter in the dictionary

  1. scenery-chewing
  2. sceneryless
  3. scenes
  4. scenescape
  5. scenescapes
  6. scenesetter
  7. scenesetters
  8. scenesetting
  9. scenesful
  10. sceneshifter
  11. sceneshifters

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