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setnetter

setnetter is the alternative form of set netter.

Meaning of set netter

Noun

set netter (plural set netters)

  1. One who fishes using a set net.
    • Sheathed in oilskins the boy climbed to the top of the cabin and stared shoreward with the binoculars, growling with frustrated fury when he saw the set netter nearest him row out and calmly pick a score of red salmon from his nets.1963, Elsa Pedersen, Cook Inlet decision, page 178

Forms of setnetter

pluralsetnetters

Questions about setnetter

What is setnetter the alternative form of?
Setnetter is the alternative form of set netter.

Words near setnetter in the dictionary

  1. setness
  2. setnesses
  3. setnet
  4. setnets
  5. setnetted
  6. setnetter
  7. setnetters
  8. setnetting
  9. Seto
  10. Seto Inland Sea
  11. setoff

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