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- [sit-er]
- /ˈsɪt ər/
- /ˈsɪt.ər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sit-er]
- /ˈsɪt ər/
Definitions of sitter word
- noun sitter Willem de [wil-uh m duh] /ˈwɪl əm də/ (Show IPA), 1872–1934, Dutch astronomer and mathematician. 1
- noun sitter person who minds sth, sb 1
- noun sitter person who poses for a portrait 1
- countable noun sitter A sitter is the same as a babysit. 0
- noun sitter a person or animal that sits 0
- noun sitter a person who is posing for his or her portrait to be painted, carved, etc 0
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Origin of sitter
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1300-50; See origin at sit1, -er1
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Parts of speech for Sitter
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sitter popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sitter usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sitter
noun sitter
- babysitter — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- caretaker — A caretaker is a person whose job it is to look after a large building such as a school or a block of flats or apartments, and deal with small repairs to it.
- cerberi — Also, Kerberos. Classical Mythology. a dog, usually represented as having three heads, that guarded the entrance of the infernal regions.
- cerberus — a dog, usually represented as having three heads, that guarded the entrance to Hades
- claviger — a key- or club-bearer
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