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. Wil·lem de [wil, -, uh, m d, uh], 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. SitterWillem de18721934MDutchSCIENCE: astronomer 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

Volunteers with the Seal Sitters and Whale Trail groups: They answer more than 200 calls a year, protecting baby seals and other marine mammals.

From Seattle Times

Liebert believes it made it onto the schedule based on the success of last year’s “The Holiday Sitter,” a movie she directed that featured two men falling in love.

From Salon

Zakrzewski worked as a professional nanny, branding himself as “the original Sitter Buddy” on his website.

From Los Angeles Times

Their paper 'Static Black Binaries in de Sitter Space' is published in the journal Physical Review Letters and reviewed as a Viewpoint article.

From Science Daily

These are movies that get right to the heart of the matter, like their titles: “Watch Your Back,” “Murder City” and “Twisted House Sitter.”

From New York Times

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