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sitter.

Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɪtə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈsɪtɚ/General-American[ˈsɪɾɚ]General-American
  1. Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.

  2. One employed to watch or tend something; a babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc.

    It's always such a pain to get a sitter on short notice.
  3. A sitting room.

  4. A participant in a séance who is not a medium.

  5. A broody hen.

  6. A very easy scoring chance.

    slang
    How could he miss that? It was an absolute sitter!
  7. Someone who accompanies a person who is taking a psychedelic drug, to provide reassurance in case of a bad trip.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English sitter, sittere, syttare, equivalent to sit + -er.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.