setter

(Inglés)

Noun

1. A typesetter.
2. One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination.
3. Any of several long-haired breeds of hunting dog that set when they have scented game.
4. The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
5. A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
6. A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.
7. One who hunts victims for sharpers.
8. One who adapts words to music in composition.
9. A shallow seggar for porcelain.
10. (UK, obsolete, slang) A shill bidder at an auction.

Verb

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

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈsɛt.ə/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: settere

Cognado con frisón occidental: setter

Cognado con neerlandés: zetter

Cognado con alemán: Setzer

In summary

From Middle English settere, equivalent to set + -er. Compare West Frisian setter, Dutch zetter, German Low German Setter, German Setzer.
The hunting dogs are so named because when they scent the game, they set (that is, strike a certain stance).

Conceptos

setter

perro de muestra

Sinónimos

typographer

compositor

hound

typesetter

foxhound

getter

accessor

deer-hound

bind

good hunting dog

bird dog

bloodhound

employer

Traducciones

Vorstehhund

setter

setter

Setter

seter

typographe

palleggiatore

dizici

Setzer

Vorstehhündin

Einrichter

συνθέτης

τυπογράφος

θέτων

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