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onsetter en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From on + setter.

Meanings

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

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onsetter en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From onset + -er.

Meanings

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

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