babysitter, baby-sitter, sitter
(noun) a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
sitter
(noun) an organism (person or animal) that sits
Sitter, Willem de Sitter
(noun) Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Sitter (plural Sitters)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sitter is the 24531st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1019 individuals. Sitter is most common among White (95.78%) individuals.
• Strite, Tetris, streit, tirest, titers, titres, tretis, triest, triset, triste
sitter (plural sitters)
Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.
One employed to watch or tend something; a babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc.
A participant in a séance.
A broody hen.
(football and snooker, slang) A very easy scoring chance.
• Strite, Tetris, streit, tirest, titers, titres, tretis, triest, triset, triste
Source: Wiktionary
Sit"ter, n.
1. One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.
2. A bird that sits or incubates.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
