setter
4
7.2
- noun
- /ˈsɛtər/
- Archaic
:
tipógrafo
- In the printing shop, a setter carefully worked with each letter to prepare for the publication.
- record setter
- style setter
- pace setter
Examples
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That's where the bank, as a major lender to investors and an international standards setter, plays a key part.
Blog text (14) -
Says he's an ink setter.
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But, Mr Buggit, I-I-I'm an ink setter.
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I'm an ink setter.
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A prized certification, it increases pay and extends licenses, but most of all it cements the role of the teacher-librarian as a teacher of students, a setter of standards, and a definer of expectations.
Academic text (2009) -
The current senior class—deep setter Makayla Burse, outside hitter Megan Collins, and setter Hannah Graham—is the most successful in program history.
Blog text (21) -
As a skilled setter, she meticulously arranged the type for the upcoming book print.
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The experienced setter adjusted the spacing between letters to ensure the text looked perfect.
Synonyms
2
5.9
A person or machine that puts text and pictures on a page for printing
1
7.3
A person who designs how letters and words look on a page or screen
1
8.8
A person who arranges letters by hand for printing newspapers or books
A person who arranges letters for printed pages
Compounds
1
4.4
A dog from England with long silky white hair and spots that people use to hunt birds
A lifestyle of frequent travel to fashionable foreign places, often with luxury
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Setter comes from the simple verb set 'to put in place' plus the ending -er that means 'one who'. So a setter was originally someone who put letters or type in place for printing, which is why the word means a person who arranges type.