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setter

Meaning of “setter”

One who sets forth or proclaims something.

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First occurrence: Acts 17:18

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Acts 17:18
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Acts 17:18 · retained source text

Then certaine Philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoikes, encountred him: and some said, What will this babbler say? Othersome, He seemeth to be a setter foorth of strange gods: because hee preached vnto them Iesus, and the resurrection.

1611 marginal noteOr, base fellow.

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