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setter

Syllables: set·ter/ˈsɛt.ə/

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Australia/ˈset.ə/

setter noun: a typesetter.

Noun

setter (plural setters)

  1. A typesetter.
    • 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
  2. One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination.
    • The exam was so hard we assumed the question setter must have been in a bad mood.
    • The setter of this crossword has been known to throw us all for a loop occasionally.
  3. Any of several long-haired breeds of hunting dog that set when they have scented game.
    • She has a spaniel and a red setter.
    • 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.1931, Francis Beeding, “7/2”, in The Norwich Victims
  4. The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
  5. (object-oriented programming) A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
    Synonyms:
    mutator
  6. A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.
    • 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...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
  7. One who hunts victims for sharpers.
    • O, 'tis our setter. I know his voicec. 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...
  8. One who adapts words to music in composition.
  9. A shallow seggar for porcelain.
  10. (UK, obsolete, slang) A shill bidder at an auction.

Verb

setter (third-person singular simple present setters, present participle settering, simple past and past participle settered)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.

Proper noun capitalized: Setter

Setter

  1. A surname.

setter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

setter in Hindi

सेटर

setter in Tamil

வைப்பவர்

setter in Marathi

सेटर, सुयोजित करणारा

setter in Urdu

سیٹر, سیٹٹر
More languagesFewer languages
setter in Bengali
সেটার
setter in Telugu
సెట్టర్, సెటర్
setter in Malayalam
സെറ്റർ
setter in Kannada
ಸೆಟ್ಟರ್, ಸೆಟರ್
setter in Punjabi
ਸੈਟਰ, ਸੈੱਟਰ, ਸੇਟਰ
setter in Gujarati
સેટર, સુયોજિત કરનાર
setter in Odia
ସେଟର୍, ସେଟର
setter in Nepali
सेटर

Examples of setter in a sentence

  • 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.2000, Rita Wicks-Nelson, Allen C. Israel, Behavior Disorders of Childhood, page 188:
  • One of the most admired and best-known crossword setters in the English language, Graham was known for his idiosyncratic style and extended anagrams.2013 November 26, John Plunkett, “Rev John Graham, aka crossword setter Araucaria, dies aged 92”, in The Guardian:
  • 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.2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian, archived from the...

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Synonyms of setter

Forms of setter

Noun
pluralsetters
Verb
third-person singular presentsetters
present participlesettering
past participlesettered
pastsettered

Plural of setter: setters

Origin of setter

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).

Words formed from setter

Phrases with setter

Words that rhyme with setter

Questions about setter

What does setter mean?
Setter means a typesetter.
What is setter in Hindi?
Setter in Hindi is सेटर. See Setter meaning in Hindi.
How do you use setter in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is setter?
Setter can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce setter?
Setter is pronounced /ˈsɛt.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of setter?
The plural of setter is setters.

Words near setter in the dictionary

  1. setten fire of
  2. setten fire on
  3. setten fire to
  4. setten fire upon
  5. setten on fire
  6. setter
  7. setter up
  8. setter-up
  9. settered
  10. Setterfield
  11. Setterfields

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Adapted from Wiktionary: setter (page history and authors); Setter (page history and authors); setter (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); setter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); setter (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); setter (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); setter (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); setter (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); setter (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); setter (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); setter (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); setter (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); setter (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); setter (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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