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setter
[ set-er ]
noun
- 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.
setter
/ ˈsɛtə /
noun
- any of various breeds of large gun dog, having silky coats and plumed tails See English setter Gordon setter Irish setter
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Origin of setter1
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Example Sentences
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.’
So Regis Brugiere stole Jim, the black-and-white setter, and concealed him well.
Thus was the way of justice fulfilled in the case of Regis Brugiere and the setter-dog Jim.
Like a setter in the make of him, but no setter that ever I saw could match him for size or looks.
Upon reaching a gate that opened into his meadow, he looked about and whistled for the dog, but the setter was gone.
He wrote again go Hall, urging him to sell some of his type-setter royalties.
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