setter
IPA: sˈɛtɝ
noun
- A typesetter.
- One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination.
- A long-haired breed of gundog.
- (volleyball) The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
- (object-oriented programming) A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
- (sports, in combinations) A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.
- One who hunts victims for sharpers.
- One who adapts words to music in composition.
- A shallow seggar for porcelain.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) A shill bidder at an auction.
- A surname.
verb
- (UK, dialect, transitive) To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
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Examples of "setter" in Sentences
- The FDSB dogs are purebred Irish Setters.
- He will disguise himself as a red setter.
- The setter of each puzzle is not identified.
- A setter silently searches for game by scent.
- He was the trend setter in telugu journalism.
- Both missed and the matter was setter peacefully.
- His father worked as a diamond setter and polisher.
- Most setters are born with a natural proclivity to hunting.
- Setter was not a member of the ministry during this period.
- My comments about the Gordon setter equally apply to the English setter.