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tone-setter

noun

a person or thing that establishes the quality or character that is to be followed subsequently

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Nearby words

  1. tone policing,
  2. tone row,
  3. tone up,
  4. tone, theobald wolfe,
  5. tone-deaf,
  6. tone-up,
  7. toneless,
  8. toneme,
  9. toner,
  10. tonetic
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