onsetter

English

Etymology 1

on +‎ setter

Noun

onsetter (plural onsetters)

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

Etymology 2

onset +‎ -er

Noun

onsetter (plural onsetters)

  1. (medicine) One who undergoes the onset of a condition.
    • 2008, Anna Hyun, Factors Associated with Stability and Change in Offending Among School Enrolled Adolescents and Their Transitions into Emerging Adulthood
      Compared to normative stayers, increasing hyperactivity and maltreatment during childhood were associated with a likelihood of being a late onsetter.

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