setter

Meaning of setter

noun
  1. One who sets something, especially a typesetter.
    Some crossword setters work for various newspapers under different pseudonyms.
  2. A long-haired breed of gundog (Wikipedia).
    She has a spaniel and a red setter.
  3. The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
  4. A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
  5. (in combinations) A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.
  6. One who hunts victims for sharpers.
  7. One who adapts words to music in composition.
  8. A shallow seggar for porcelain.

verb

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

Information about setter

Hyphenation of setter

set-ter

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • setter is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

setter synonyms

Meaning compositor:

compositor, typesetter, typographer

Meaning :

mutator

Anagrams of setter

Etters, retest, Street, street, tester

Words that rhyme with setter

Platter, Schlatter, Vatter, aftermatter, antimatter, atter, backfatter, backscatter, batter, bebatter, bechatter, beclatter, beflatter, bescatter, bespatter, besplatter, betatter, blatter, catter, chatter, clatter, clitterclatter, combatter, cybersquatter, debatter, discatter, fatter, flatter, flyswatter, formatter, gatter, gnatter, hamfatter, hatter, latter, matter, natter, nonmatter, nonshatter, outbatter, outchatter, outflatter, overmatter, overscatter, overspatter, patter, phatter, photostatter, platter, preflatter

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