ONSETTER

Etymology 1

Noun

onsetter (plural onsetters)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

onsetter (plural onsetters)

(medicine) One who undergoes the onset of a condition.

Anagrams

• tetrones

Source: Wiktionary



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