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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SIT'TER, n. [from sit.]
1. One that sits. The Turks are great sitters.
2. A bird that sits or incubates.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, sitter]
4: a person who poses for a painter or sculptor [syn: artist's model, sitter]
5: a domestic hen ready to brood [syn: brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen, sitter]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century one that sits: as a. a person who sits for a portrait or a bust b. a person who babysits

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Willem de 1872-1934 Dutch astronomer

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a person who sits, esp. for a portrait. 2 = BABYSITTER (see BABYSIT). 3 colloq. a an easy catch or shot. b an easy task. 4 a sitting hen.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sitters) A sitter is the same as a babysitter. N-COUNT