setter
/ˈsɛt.ɚ/ noun C1- A typesetter.
- 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.
- 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 player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
- A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
- 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.
Plural setters
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Every shade of colour they were—straw, lemon, orange, brick, Irish-setter, liver, clay; but, as Spaulding said, there were not many who had the real vivid flame-coloured tint.
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