onsetter

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noun

A worker at the bottom of a mineshaft who exchanges the empty and full corves.

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Meanings

onsetter1

nounonsetter (plural onsetters)

plural onsetters

  1. Northern EnglandUKdialectalhistoricalbusinessA worker at the bottom of a mineshaft who exchanges the empty and full corves.

onsetter2

nounonsetter (plural onsetters)

plural onsetters

  1. medicineOne who undergoes the onset of a condition.

    Compared to normative stayers, increasing hyperactivity and maltreatment during childhood were associated with a likelihood of being a late onsetter.

    2008, Anna Hyun, Factors Associated with Stability and Change in Offending Among School Enrolled Adolescents and Their Transitions into Emerging Adulthood

Origin

onsetter · noun

From on + setter.

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onsetter · noun

From onset + -er.

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APA

onsetter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onsetter

MLA

“onsetter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onsetter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onsetter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onsetter.

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