sitter
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ər noun
1.
a person who sits.
2.
a brooding hen.
3.
a person who stays with young children while the parents go out; baby-sitter.
4.
a person who provides routine or custodial care temporarily or part-time, as for an elderly person or a pet whose owner is on vacation.
5.
Slang. the buttocks; rump.
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sitter (ˈsɪtə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person or animal that sits |
| 2. | a person who is posing for his or her portrait to be painted, carved, etc |
| 3. | 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. | 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 | |
| Willem de (ˈwɪləm də). 1872--1934, Dutch astronomer, who calculated the size of the universe and conceived of it as expanding | |
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It is also generally implied that crime is deterred by the presence of the house sitter.
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