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sitter

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[sit-er]

noun

  1. a person who sits. sit.

  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.



Sitter

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[sit-er]

noun

  1. Willem de 1872–1934, Dutch astronomer and mathematician.

sitter

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/ ˈɪə /

noun

  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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Sitter

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/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. Willem de (ˈwɪləm də). 1872–1934, Dutch astronomer, who calculated the size of the universe and conceived of it as expanding

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sitter1

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; sit 1, -er 1
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Each photo incorporates augmented reality in order to tell the story of the sitter and what their hair means to them.

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He had the chance to go out in style but missed a first-half sitter and was then sacrificed in the second half after Mateo Kovacic's sending off - a sad ending for such an illustrious career.

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"You never ask a sitter what they think of their own picture because I'm not sure that they know."

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On the other hand, the sitter’s handwriting is also proof that the portrait was drawn from life, not copied from a photograph.

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"Now, I can hire a sitter for the weekend and then I can work the weekend, and they are the busiest hours."

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