Associations to the word «Sitter»

Wiktionary

SITTER, noun. Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.
SITTER, noun. One employed to watch or tend something; the general form of babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc.
SITTER, noun. A broody hen.
SITTER, noun. (football and snooker) (slang) A very easy scoring chance.

Dictionary definition

SITTER, noun. Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934).
SITTER, noun. An organism (person or animal) that sits.
SITTER, noun. A person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home.
SITTER, noun. A person who poses for a painter or sculptor.
SITTER, noun. A domestic hen ready to brood.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley