sitter
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sitter¹
- /ˈsɪtə/ UK
- /ˈsɪtɚ/ US
- [ˈsɪɾɚ] US
Rhymes with -ɪtə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English sitter, sittere, syttare, equivalent to sit + -er.
noun sitters
- Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait. The photograph caused a stir last week because it was shortlisted for the National Portrait Gallery’s prestigious Taylor Wessing prize, despite the rule that “all photographs must have been taken by the entrant from life and with a living sitter”. However realistic Erica may be, and to me she looks
- 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. "The sitters had better just take their own places," said the medium.
- A broody hen.
- 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.
Sitter²
proper noun Sitters
- A surname.
- A river in north-east Switzerland, a tributary of the Thur.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: babysitter, bearer, keeper, guardian, warden, keep, custodian, caregiver, model, babysitting, baby-sitter, housekeeper, nanny, evening, night, mom
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title = {sitter},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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