setter
/ˈsɛtər/
noun
- A type of dog trained to point out game birds by standing still and pointing with its nose.
- The setter froze in place when it smelled the pheasant.
- My neighbor owns a beautiful Irish setter with a red coat.
- We watched the setter work the field with perfect form.
- A person or thing that sets something, such as a record or a standard.
- He became a record setter in the 100-meter dash.
- The company is a price setter in the electronics market.
- She is a trend setter in the fashion industry.
- A person who sets type for printing.
- Before computers, every book required a skilled setter.
- The setter carefully arranged the metal letters for the newspaper.
- The old print shop still employs a manual setter.