Meaning of SITTER
| Pronunciation: | | 'situr, 'situr
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- [n] a domestic hen ready to brood
- [n] a person who poses for a painter or sculptor
- [n] a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
- [n] an organism (person or animal) that sits
- [n] Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)
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| | Synonyms: | | artist's model, babysitter, baby-sitter, brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen, Willem de Sitter |
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| | Antonyms: | | stander | | |
| | See Also: | | astronomer, being, biddy, hen, keeper, model, organism, poser, stargazer, uranologist | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sit"ter\, n.
1. One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.
2. A bird that sits or incubates.
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