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sitter

1 American  
[sit-er] / ˈsɪt ər /

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 American  
[sit-er] / ˈsɪt ər /

noun

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

sitter 1 British  
/ 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Sitter 2 British  
/ ˈsɪtə /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of sitter

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

Example Sentences

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He was fortunate to still be there after Harry Brook dropped a sitter in the slips, the latest in a long line of fielding blunders by England this series, before starting to play his shots.

From Barron's

The TV set was my sitter, and I became obsessed with movies.

From The Wall Street Journal

The nearly 70-year retrospective of portrait drawings in pencil and paint by Los Angeles artist Don Bachardy revealed the works to be like performances: Both artist and sitter participated in putting on a pictorial show.

From Los Angeles Times

In related fashion, a Cubist portrait offers separate aspects of the sitter’s face at a glance.

From The Wall Street Journal

A reliable pet sitter, especially at the last minute, is as hard to come by as a free street parking spot in Koreatown on a Friday night.

From Los Angeles Times

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