resetter

re·set·ter
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noun

One who, or that which, resets.

OriginMiddle Scots resettar ← Early Scots resettour ← Anglo-Norman recettour →
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Meanings

resetter1

nounresetter (plural resetters)

plural resetters

  1. One who, or that which, resets.

resetter2

nounresetter (plural resetters)

plural resetters · alternative ressetter

  1. ScotlandlawOne who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or a criminal.

Origin

resetter · noun

From reset (“to reinitialise”) + -er.

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resetter · noun

  1. Latinreceptātor
  2. Anglo-Normanrecettour
  3. Early Scotsresettour
  4. Middle Scotsresettar
  5. Englishresetter

Borrowed from Middle Scots resettar, ressettar, from Early Scots resettour, from Anglo-Norman recettour, recettour, from Latin receptātor; by surface analysis, reset (“to receive stolen goods”) + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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