Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

red setter

British  

noun

  1. a popular name for Irish setter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Robin was a red setter, while Maurice was a badger.

From The Guardian Jul. 18, 2013

He lived alone except for a red setter bitch.

From Time Magazine Archive

There he flaps about in baggy fisherman's corduroys, roams the beaches with a red setter named Jenny, and drives about in a mud-clotted, war-surplus Hillman.

From Time Magazine Archive

His limousine, with driver and red setter in front, the doctor and his sociable wife in back, is a familiar sight on tree-lined 70th Street where he lives.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact, she had the form of a red setter.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training