setter

A typesetter.

Any query to the setter is required to be addressed as such (e.g., "Setter: Please check"); otherwise it will be treated as a query to the author.

One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination.

The exam was so hard we assumed the question setter must have been in a bad mood.

The setter of this crossword has been known to throw us all for a loop occasionally.

Any of several long-haired breeds of hunting dog that set when they have scented game.

She has a spaniel and a red setter.

The two Gordon setters came obediently to heel. Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago.

The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.

A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.

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

A surname.