† setter-onn.

Etymology: See to set on at set v.¹ Phrasal verbs 2.

Obsolete.

1. One who sets on; an instigator or inciter.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > one who incites or instigates

prickera1382

stirrerc1384

enticerc1386

exciter1387

risera1398

solicitor1412

erterc1440

prompter1440

stirrer?1533

motionerc1535

author1546

onsetter1549

stinger1552

setter-on1560

incentor1570

incensora1575

mover1578

whetter1579

out-hounder1596

hounder1597

egger on1598

inciter1598

instigator1598

urger1598

motive1600

fomenter1607

inflamer1609

fetcher in?1611

provokera1616

putter-ona1616

monitor1616

spurrer1632

outputter1639

poddera1640

commoter1646

impulsor1653

shaker and mover1874

agent provocateur1888

impeller1889

sooler1935

spark plug1941

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries Pref. sig. Aiiii^v I sent vnto them that were my setters on, at Woormes.

a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) ii. 2517 Tyll my setters on were of their purpose wyde.

1616 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 163 The Jesuistes and other padres are the fyre brands and setters on of all this, in provoking children against parents and subjects against their naturall princes.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. vi. ix. 284 The great Dowdy who acts the Part of a Madman, as well as some of his Setters-on do that of a Fool.

2. One who ‘sets on’ or makes an onset. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun]

assailera1400

assailant1523

assaulter1548

setter-on1569

aggressor1585

onsetter1588

offendent1646

attacker1664

inundator1794

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 294 I made once a vowe that the first battaile that eyther the king your father or any of his children should be at, how that I would be one of the first setters on, or else to die in the trauaile.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	setter-on
释义	† setter-onn. Etymology: See to set on at set v.¹ Phrasal verbs 2. Obsolete. 1. One who sets on; an instigator or inciter. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > one who incites or instigates prickera1382 stirrerc1384 enticerc1386 exciter1387 risera1398 solicitor1412 erterc1440 prompter1440 stirrer?1533 motionerc1535 author1546 onsetter1549 stinger1552 setter-on1560 incentor1570 incensora1575 mover1578 whetter1579 out-hounder1596 hounder1597 egger on1598 inciter1598 instigator1598 urger1598 motive1600 fomenter1607 inflamer1609 fetcher in?1611 provokera1616 putter-ona1616 monitor1616 spurrer1632 outputter1639 poddera1640 commoter1646 impulsor1653 shaker and mover1874 agent provocateur1888 impeller1889 sooler1935 spark plug1941 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries Pref. sig. Aiiii^v I sent vnto them that were my setters on, at Woormes. a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) ii. 2517 Tyll my setters on were of their purpose wyde. 1616 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 163 The Jesuistes and other padres are the fyre brands and setters on of all this, in provoking children against parents and subjects against their naturall princes. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. vi. ix. 284 The great Dowdy who acts the Part of a Madman, as well as some of his Setters-on do that of a Fool. View more context for this quotation 2. One who ‘sets on’ or makes an onset. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun] assailera1400 assailant1523 assaulter1548 setter-on1569 aggressor1585 onsetter1588 offendent1646 attacker1664 inundator1794 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 294 I made once a vowe that the first battaile that eyther the king your father or any of his children should be at, how that I would be one of the first setters on, or else to die in the trauaile. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1560
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