sitter

¹

[sit-er]

noun

1. a person who sits. sit.

2. a brooding hen.

3. a person who stays with young children while the parents go out; baby-sitter.

4. a person who provides routine or custodial care temporarily or part-time, as for an elderly person or a pet whose owner is on vacation.

5. Slang.,  the buttocks; rump.

Sitter

²

[sit-er]

noun

1. Willem de 1872–1934, Dutch astronomer and mathematician.

sitter

¹

/ ˈsɪtə /

noun

1. a person or animal that sits

2. a person who is posing for his or her portrait to be painted, carved, etc

3. a broody hen or other bird that is sitting on its eggs to hatch them

4. (in combination) a person who looks after a specified person or thing for someone else

   flat-sitter

5. short for baby-sitter

6. anyone, other than the medium, taking part in a seance

7. anything that is extremely easy, such as an easy catch in cricket

Sitter

²

/ ˈsɪtə /

noun

1. Willem de (ˈwɪləm də). 1872–1934, Dutch astronomer, who calculated the size of the universe and conceived of it as expanding

Word History and Origins

Origin of sitter¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; sit ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

A sitter of a conversion was missed, but the Lions had been warned.

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But she will not be making her way to Euro 2025 and will instead be looked after by a dog sitter.

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Each photo incorporates augmented reality in order to tell the story of the sitter and what their hair means to them.

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He had the chance to go out in style but missed a first-half sitter and was then sacrificed in the second half after Mateo Kovacic's sending off - a sad ending for such an illustrious career.

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"You never ask a sitter what they think of their own picture because I'm not sure that they know."

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