Onsetter

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A worker at the bottom of a mineshaft who exchanges the empty and full corves. Northern-England, UK, dialectal, historical
  2. 2
    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."

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"Compared to normative stayers, increasing hyperactivity and maltreatment during childhood were associated with a likelihood of being a late onsetter."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From on + setter.

Etymology 2

From onset + -er.

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