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 Definitions of setter  [ˈsɛt ər]  

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Definition of 'setter' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) setter
any of several breeds of hunting dogs having long hair with feathering on the legs, chest, and tail, formerly trained to crouch when game was scented and now trained to point.


Definition of 'setter' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) compositor, typesetter, setter, typographer
one who sets written material into type

2. (noun) setter
a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point


Definition of 'setter' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) setter
one who, or that which, sets; -- used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth

2. (noun) setter
a hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching

3. (noun) setter
one who hunts victims for sharpers

4. (noun) setter
one who adapts words to music in composition

5. (noun) setter
an adornment; a decoration; -- with off

6. (noun) setter
a shallow seggar for porcelain

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


Translation of 'setter' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a type of large dog.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: patryshond Arabic flag Arabic: كَلْب صَيْد كبير Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: сетер
Brazilian flag Brazilian: perdigueiro Czech flag Czech: setr German flag German: der Setter
Danish flag Danish: setter Greek flag Greek: σέτερ (είδος μεγαλόσωμου Spanish flag Spanish: setter, perro de muestra
Estonian flag Estonian: setter Farsi flag Farsi: سگ شكاري Finnish flag Finnish: setteri
French flag French: setter Hebrew flag Hebrew: כֶלֶב צַיִד Hindi flag Hindi: शिकारी कुत्ता
Croatian flag Croatian: seter (pas) Hungarian flag Hungarian: szetter Indonesian flag Indonesian: jenis anjing
Icelandic flag Icelandic: setter, seti Italian flag Italian: setter Japanese flag Japanese: セッター犬
Korean flag Korean: (사냥개) 세터 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: seteris Latvian flag Latvian: seters
Malay flag Malay: sejenis anjing besar Dutch flag Dutch: setter Norwegian flag Norwegian: setter
Polish flag Polish: seter Persian flag Persian: سگ شكاري Pashto flag Pashto: تازى، ښكاري سپى: ټولوونكى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: perdigueiro Romanian flag Romanian: setter Russian flag Russian: сеттер
Slovak flag Slovak: seter Slovenian flag Slovenian: seter Serbian flag Serbian: seter
Swedish flag Swedish: setter Thai flag Thai: สุนัขพันธุ์หนึ่งที่ฝึกให้ Turkish flag Turkish: bir tür iri av köpeği, se
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 塞特獵犬 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сетер Urdu flag Urdu: لمبے بالوں والا بڑا کتا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chó săn lông xù Chinese flag Chinese: 塞特种猎犬

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