sitter

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sit + -er

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sitter (plural sitters)

  1. Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.
  2. One employed to watch or tend something; the general form of babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc.
    It's always such a pain to get a sitter on short notice.
  3. A broody hen.
  4. (soccer and snooker, slang) A very easy scoring chance.
    How could he miss that? It was an absolute sitter!

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Norwegian[edit]

Verb[edit]

sitter

  1. Present tense of sitte

Swedish[edit]

Verb[edit]

sitter

  1. present tense of sitta.
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