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- Irish Setter
- English setter
- Gordon setter
- sporting dog
setter, any of three breeds of sporting dogs used in pointing game birds. Setters are derived from a medieval hunting dog, the setting spaniel, that was trained to find birds and then to set (i.e., crouch or lie down) so that a net could be thrown over both the birds and the dog. When firearms were adopted, setters were trained to adopt a more upright stance. See English setter; Gordon setter; Irish setter.