Library / English Dictionary

SETTER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("setter" is a kind of...):

gun dog; sporting dog (a dog trained to work with sportsmen when they hunt with guns)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "setter"):

English setter (an English breed having a plumed tail and a soft silky coat that is chiefly white)

Irish setter; red setter (an Irish breed with a chestnut-brown or mahogany-red coat)

Gordon setter (a Scottish breed with a black-and-tan coat)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One who sets written material into type

Synonyms:

compositor; setter; typesetter; typographer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("setter" is a kind of...):

pressman; printer (someone whose occupation is printing)

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