Gemsetter

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person employed to mount gemstones in their settings.

    "c. 1930, Ira Gershwin, article in the New York Times Lyric writing […] requires […] the infinite patience of the gemsetter […]"

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"c. 1930, Ira Gershwin, article in the New York Times Lyric writing […] requires […] the infinite patience of the gemsetter […]"

Etymology

From gem + setter.

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