setting dog

noun

A dog trained to set game; a setter.

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Meanings

nounsetting dog (plural setting dogs)

plural setting dogs

  1. historicalA dog trained to set game; a setter.

    Affectation is not confined to Man, educated Animals all have a Share: the well-broke silky-hair'd English Setting-dog a large one.

    1789 March, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana
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setting dog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/setting%20dog

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“setting dog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/setting%20dog. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “setting dog,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/setting%20dog.

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