sitter-in

  • 11Sitter — Sịt|ter 〈m. 3〉 = Sumpfwurz * * * Sịtter,   Willem de, niederländischer Astronom, * Sneek 6. 5. 1872, ✝ Leiden 20. 11. 1934; 1908 Professor in Leiden, dort ab 1919 Direktor der Sternwarte. Arbeiten v. a. zur Himmelsmechanik und Kosmologie.… …

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  • 12sitter — n. a baby; house sitter * * * [ sɪtə] house sitter a baby …

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  • 13sitter — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. baby sitter, one who is baby sitting, attendant, companion, day care worker, day care provider; see also nurse 2 , servant . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. baby sitter, nanny, attendant, caretaker, wet nurse …

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  • 14sitter — UK [ˈsɪtə(r)] / US [ˈsɪtər] noun [countable] Word forms sitter : singular sitter plural sitters 1) informal a babysitter 1) 2) someone who sits or stands in a particular position while an artist paints or photographs them …

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  • 15sitter-in — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun (plural sitters in) chiefly Britain : baby sitter * * * sittˈer in noun A baby sitter • • • Main Entry: ↑sit …

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  • 16sitter — See: ON THE FENCE also FENCE SITTER …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 17sitter — See: ON THE FENCE also FENCE SITTER …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 18sitter — /sit euhr/, n. 1. a person who sits. 2. a brooding hen. 3. a person who stays with young children while the parents go out; baby sitter. 4. a person who provides routine or custodial care temporarily or part time, as for an elderly person or a… …

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  • 19sitter — noun Sitter is used after these nouns: ↑pet …

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  • 20Sitter — 1. Ableitung auf er von Sitte. 2. Aus dem alten deutschen Rufnamen Sindher (sind + heri) hervorgegangener Familienname. 3. Im oberdeutschen Bereich auch entrundete Form von Sütter (Suter). Heinrich der Sitter ist a. 1302 in Schorndorf (Baden… …

    Wörterbuch der deutschen familiennamen