Sitter

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sitter \Sit"ter\, n.
     1. One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.
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     2. A bird that sits or incubates.
        [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Sitter
       n 1: Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and
            suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934) [syn: {Willem
            de Sitter}]
       2: an organism (person or animal) that sits [ant: {stander}]
       3: a person engaged to care for children when the parents are
          not home [syn: {babysitter}, {baby-sitter}]
       4: a person who poses for a painter or sculptor [syn: {artist's
          model}]
       5: a domestic hen ready to brood [syn: {brood hen}, {broody}, {broody
          hen}, {setting hen}]