Sitter

Sit·ter  (str), Willem de 1872-1934.

Dutch astronomer noted for his work on cosmology and relativity.

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sit·ter  (str)

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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sitter [ˈsɪtə]

n

1. a person or animal that sits

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a person who is posing for his or her portrait to be painted, carved, etc.

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) 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. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) anyone, other than the medium, taking part in a seance

7. anything that is extremely easy, such as an easy catch in cricket

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Sitter [ˈsɪtə]

n

(Biographies / Sitter, Willem de (1872-1934) M, Dutch, SCIENCE: astronomer) Willem de (ˈwɪləm də). 1872-1934, Dutch astronomer, who calculated the size of the universe and conceived of it as expanding

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Sitter - Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934) Willem de Sitter
	2.	sitter - an organism (person or animal) that sits organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement stander - an organism (person or animal) that stands; "a crowd of sitters and standers"
	3.	sitter - a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home baby-sitter, babysitter keeper - someone in charge of other people; "am I my brother's keeper?"
	4.	sitter - a person who poses for a painter or sculptor artist's model poser, model - a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos"
	5.	sitter - a domestic hen ready to brood brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen biddy, hen - adult female chicken

Translations

sitter [ˈsɪtəʳ] N

1. (Art) → modelo mf

2. (= babysitter) → babysitter mf, canguro mf (Sp)

3. → cosa f fácil
it was a sitter (Sport) → fue un gol que se canta
you missed a sitter → erraste un tiro de lo más fácil

sitter [ˈsɪtə^r] n

(for painter) → modèle m

(= babysitter) → baby-sitter mf

sitter

n (Art) → Modell nt; (= baby-sitter) → Babysitter(in) m(f); (= bird) → brütender Vogel; (Sport sl) → todsicherer Ball (inf)

sitter [ˈsɪtəʳ] n (Art) → modello/a (also babysitter) → baby-sitter m/f inv

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sitter [ˈsɪtəʳ] n (Art) → modello/a (also babysitter) → baby-sitter m/f inv