sitter
pronunciation
How to pronounce sitter in British English:
UK [ˈsɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce sitter in American English:
US [ˈsɪtɚ]
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- Noun:
- an organism (person or animal) that sits
- a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
- a person who poses for a painter or sculptor
- a domestic hen ready to brood
Word Origin
- sitter (n.)
- c. 1300, "one that sits," agent noun from sit (v.). As short for baby-sitter from 1937.
Example
- 1. I heard bureau was sending a baby sitter ?
- 2. In contrast sitter children are careful and astute and tend to learn by observing instead of by acting .
- 3. He is a great baby sitter !
- 4. He hugged me , just as the sitter arrived .
- 5. In her view the work was a collaboration between two 20th-century geniuses : the artist and his sitter .