English noun: Sitter |
1. | Sitter (person) Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934) |
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| Synonyms | Willem de Sitter |
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| Instance hypernym | astronomer, stargazer, uranologist |
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2. | sitter (person) an organism (person or animal) that sits |
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| Broader (hypernym) | being, organism |
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| Domain category | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna |
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| Antonyms | stander |
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3. | sitter (person) a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home |
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| Synonyms | baby-sitter, babysitter |
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| Broader (hypernym) | keeper |
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4. | sitter (person) a person who poses for a painter or sculptor |
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| Synonyms | artist's model |
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| Broader (hypernym) | model, poser |
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5. | sitter (animal) a domestic hen ready to brood |
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| Synonyms | brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen |
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| Broader (hypernym) | biddy, hen |
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