Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sitter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sitter \Sit"ter\, n.
1. One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.
2. A bird that sits or incubates.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Sitter
n 1: Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and
suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934) [syn: {Sitter},
{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}]
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