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onsetter

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onsetter¹

Where it comes from

From on + setter.

noun onsetters

  1. Northern England, UK, dialectal, historical A worker at the bottom of a mineshaft who exchanges the empty and full corves.

onsetter²

Where it comes from

From onset + -er.

noun onsetters

  1. One 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.

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"onsetter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/onsetter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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onsetter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/onsetter

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"onsetter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/onsetter.

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@misc{onsetter_2026,
  title = {onsetter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/onsetter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}