Definition of setter

• n. - 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.
• n. - 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.
• n. - One who hunts victims for sharpers.
• n. - One who adapts words to music in composition.
• n. - An adornment; a decoration; -- with off.
• n. - A shallow seggar for porcelain.
• v. t. - To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.