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Sitter

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Noun

1. sitter, willem de sitter

Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)

2. sitter

an organism (person or animal) that sits

3. baby-sitter, babysitter, sitter

a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home

4. artist's model, sitter

a person who poses for a painter or sculptor

5. brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen, sitter

a domestic hen ready to brood

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Sitter

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

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Sitter

see synonyms of sitter
ˈWillem de (ˈvɪləm də ) ; vilˈəm də) 1872-1934; Du. astronomer
noun
a person or thing that sits
; specif.,
a.  US
baby sitter
b. 
a brooding hen

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Sitter

see synonyms of sitter
n.
1. One that sits, especially:
a. A person who cares for young children when the parents are not home; a babysitter.
b. A person who poses or models, as for a portrait.
2. A brooding hen.

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