1
: one that sits: such as
a
: a person who sits for a portrait or a bust
Usually commissioned by the sitters themselves, some images straddle the line between individual portrait and genre scene …—
Naomi Rosenblum
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b
: a person who takes care of someone or something in the place of a parent, owner, etc.
pet sitters
The next time you hire a sitter [=babysitter], remind your daughter what happened the last time and let her know that you are only a phone call away.—John Rosemond
see also house sitter
John Rosemond2
a
: an easy target
a sitter for enemy submarines
b
sports
: an easy scoring or fielding chance
… missed an absolute sitter in the 44th minute to keep the game scoreless.—Jamie Goldberg
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Examples of sitter in a Sentence
They hired a sitter so they could go out.
we'll be going to the movie if we can get a sitter for the kids
Recent Examples on the Web
His cat sitter was unable to corral CatMandu when the evacuation order came.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2024
In short, Oh, Mary! is a full-fledged, indisputable phenomenon, as beguiling to bean counters as laughing seat sitters.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2024
Rich Henderson, flight attendant at a major U.S. airline and one of the authors of the Two Guys on a Plane blog, told me the window seat sitter should be open to requests.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
The sitter reports the pups just ran around in the back yard all day and basically watched themselves.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2024
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Evan Bush, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2024
In short, Oh, Mary! is a full-fledged, indisputable phenomenon, as beguiling to bean counters as laughing seat sitters.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2024
Rich Henderson, flight attendant at a major U.S. airline and one of the authors of the Two Guys on a Plane blog, told me the window seat sitter should be open to requests.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
The sitter reports the pups just ran around in the back yard all day and basically watched themselves.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2024
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“Sitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sitter. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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sitter
noun
sit·ter
ˈsit-ər 
: one that sits
especially
: a person who babysits
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