sitter Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Sit"ter noun
Definitions
  1. One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.
  2. A bird that sits or incubates.

Webster 1913