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onsetter

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northern-England, UK, dialectal, historical

Topics: business, mining

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noun

Meaning 2

One who undergoes the onset of a condition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

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History

Etymology

From on + setter.

From onset + -er.