sitter

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)
  2. noun an organism (person or animal) that sits
  3. noun a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

Willem de Sitter

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