setter
a person or thing that sets.
one of any of several breeds of hunting dogs that originally had the habit of crouching when game was scented but that are now trained to stand stiffly and point the muzzle toward the scented game.: Compare English setter, Gordon setter, Irish setter.
Volleyball. a player who lofts the ball high for a teammate near the net to spike.
Origin of setter
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How to use setter in a sentence
They simply need to be seen as the only legitimate opposition, in a country where they are now considered the political counterweight, and as such, the agenda setters.
Drowsy jet setters can tune out crying babies, noisy engines, and more.
If you’re dreaming of the best headphones for sleeping, here they are | Carsen Joenk | October 7, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIf it’s less than 1, the epidemic is shrinking, and policy setters might consider lifting some restrictions.
Chasing the Elusive Numbers That Define Epidemics | Jordana Cepelewicz | March 22, 2021 | Quanta MagazineOf course, they’ll have to replace the items when they run out, but this kit, which comes with a stylish travel bag, will give frequent jet setters a good start.
The best gifts for travelers you care about | PopSci Commerce Team | February 24, 2021 | Popular-ScienceChancellor Angela Merkel has been one of Germany’s most influential leaders and a standard setter for Europe for 16 years.
Angela Merkel's CDU Party Is Choosing a New Leader. Whoever Wins Might Become Germany's Next Chancellor | Madeline Roache | January 14, 2021 | Time
Partly because Ben was as naturally and effortlessly impeccable as Astaire or Cary Grant, or any other mythic style-setter.
Yedioth won out: Maariv kept its position as an important agenda-setter, but began losing money.
The only category that fell into the middle class was that of “multiple tool setter.”
It is not as if the fire-setter woke up and said, ‘Today will be the day to light up carports.’
What’s Driving L.A. Serial Arsonist to Set Fires? | Christine Pelisek | January 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSo Regis Brugiere stole Jim, the black-and-white setter, and concealed him well.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward WhiteThus was the way of justice fulfilled in the case of Regis Brugiere and the setter-dog Jim.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward WhiteLike a setter in the make of him, but no setter that ever I saw could match him for size or looks.
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls | VariousUpon reaching a gate that opened into his meadow, he looked about and whistled for the dog, but the setter was gone.
An Arkansas Planter | Opie Percival ReadHe wrote again go Hall, urging him to sell some of his type-setter royalties.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine
British Dictionary definitions for setter
/ (ˈsɛtə) /
any of various breeds of large gun dog, having silky coats and plumed tails: See English setter, Gordon setter, Irish setter
Origin of setter
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