sitter
Someone who sits, e.gSomeone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.
» I've been told you're looking for a sitter.
Meaning
7 sensesSomeone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.
an organism (person or animal) that sits
One employed to watch or tend something; a babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc.
It's always such a pain to get a sitter on short notice.
A sitting room.
A participant in a séance who is not a medium.
A broody hen.
a domestic hen ready to brood
(slang)A very easy scoring chance.
How could he miss that? It was an absolute sitter!
Someone who accompanies a person who is taking a psychedelic drug, to provide reassurance in case of a bad trip.
Examples
9 sentencesI've been told you're looking for a sitter.
I've been told that you're looking for a sitter.
Have you found a sitter?
The dog sitter, Tom, will be here at 2:30.
He doesn't need to hire a house sitter.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English sitter, sittere, syttare, equivalent to sit + -er.From Middle English sitter, sittere, syttare, equivalent to sit + -er.
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Forms
plural: sittersSynonyms
8 synonyms- Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934):Willem de Sitter
- a person who poses for a painter or sculptor:artist's model
- a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home:babysitterbaby-sitter
- a domestic hen ready to brood:brood henbroodybroody hensetting hen