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

Their 14 shots - compared to Tottenham's 10 - included missed sitters and a horribly skied penalty as they were unable to take advantage of some sloppy Tottenham defending.

From BBC

This 18-year-old can play anywhere in midfield - a sitter, a 10, an eight, you name it he's got it in the bag.

From BBC

Improntas was made by applying plaster directly onto the faces of the models, many of whom were sex workers, so the material became infused with the sitters' hair and skin cells.

From BBC

Right, and people will say that you’re a “fence sitter” because you don’t firmly sit on one side or the other because you have different independent views.

From Los Angeles Times

But four days after the cremation, Ms Knight got out of the pool in Turkey to several missed calls from her cat sitter, who had been looking after the family's other cat.

From BBC

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