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ˈtrend-setter
[f. trend n. + setter n.1]
One who or that which establishes trends in dress, thought, etc.
1960Guardian 17 Mar. 4/3 Powerful trend-setters, outstanding personalities. Ibid. 7 Dec. 6/3 The magazines..are the chief trend-setters. 1966Listener 2 June 814/1 The music and aesthetics of modern Italy's musical trend⁓setter, Casella. 1973Times 24 Apr. 10/2 His big shouldered jackets are important trendsetters. 1979D. Hurd End to Promises ii. 26 My strongest feeling was satisfaction that the experts, the know-alls, and the trend-setters had been confounded.
Hence (as back-formation) ˈtrend-set v. intr.; ˈtrend-setting ppl. a.
1960House & Garden Oct. 172 The big news from..those trend-setting couturiers. 1965Punch 7 July 34/3 That hairstyle, do you think it will trend-set? 1971M. Lee Dying for Fun v. 42 Pollie Potter, dress designer, had been trendsetting now for two years. 1976Times 26 Aug. 13/2 The trend-setting intellectuals of our day. |