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Sitter
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Sit·ter  (str), Willem de 1872-1934.
Dutch astronomer noted for his work on cosmology and relativity.

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.

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

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Sitter - Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)
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.Sittersitter - a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
keeper - someone in charge of other people; "am I my brother's keeper?"
4.sitter - a person who poses for a painter or sculptor
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
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 sittererraste un tiro de lo más fácil
sitter [ˈsɪtər] 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
sitter [ˈsɪtəʳ] n (Art) → modello/a (also babysitter) → baby-sitter m/f inv


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