sitter

About 0.84 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.
2. noun 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. noun A sitting room.
4. noun A participant in a séance who is not a medium.
5. noun A broody hen.
6. noun A very easy scoring chance.

   How could he miss that? It was an absolute sitter!

7. noun Someone who accompanies a person who is taking a psychedelic drug, to provide reassurance in case of a bad trip.

Similar words

babysitter bearer keeper guardian warden keep custodian caregiver model babysitting

Often followed by

and is for to in was or who space

Word family

Sitter Willem de Sitter sitters