setter

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: 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).

1. A typesetter.

   “Any query to the setter is required to be addressed as such (e.g., "Setter: Please check"); otherwise it will be treated as a query to the author.”

2. One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination.

   “The exam was so hard we assumed the question setter must have been in a bad mood.”

   “The setter of this crossword has been known to throw us all for a loop occasionally.”

3. Any of several long-haired breeds of hunting dog that set when they have scented game.

   “She has a spaniel and a red setter.”

   “The two Gordon setters came obediently to heel. Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago.”

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.

   “It was desperately close until all but the closing moments, and for that we had the 32nd-ranked [Julien] Benneteau to thank for bringing the fight out in [Roger] Federer, whose thirst for these long battles has waned over the past couple of years. For a player regarded by many as the greatest of all time his record in completed five-setters is ordinary: now 20 wins, 16 losses.”

7. One who hunts victims for sharpers.

   “O, 'tis our setter. I know his voice”

8. One who adapts words to music in composition.
9. A shallow seggar for porcelain.
10. A shill bidder at an auction.

verb

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