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Dictionary: sit·ter   (sĭt'ər) pronunciation
 
n.
  1. One that sits, especially:
    1. A person who cares for young children when the parents are not home; a babysitter.
    2. A person who poses or models, as for a portrait.
  2. A brooding hen.

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The noun has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: an organism (person or animal) that sits
  Antonym: stander (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
  Synonyms: babysitter, baby-sitter

Meaning #3: a person who poses for a painter or sculptor
  Synonym: artist's model

Meaning #4: a domestic hen ready to brood
  Synonyms: brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen


 
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - babysitter, model, rugehøne

Nederlands (Dutch)
oppas, model

Français (French)
n. - modèle, baby-sitter

Deutsch (German)
n. - Modell, Babysitter, brütender Vogel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μοντέλο ζωγράφου, κλώσα, μπέιμπι σίτερ, (καθομ.) οπίσθια, εύκολη μπαλιά, εύκολο έργο (κν. παιχνιδάκι)

Italiano (Italian)
baby-sitter, modello, chi sta seduto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pessoa (f) sentada, galinha (f) choca, modelo de pintor, pessoa que toma conta das crianças, canja (f) (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
сидящий, пассажир, модель, натурщик, наседка, сидящая дичь, человек, легко поддающийся обману, легкая цель, несложная задача, верное дело, приходящая няня, гостиная, место для сидения

Español (Spanish)
n. - modelo, niñera, blanco fácil, gallina clueca

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - modell, person som sitter modell

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
就座者, 孵卵的鸡, 当模特儿的人, 保姆

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 就座者, 孵卵的雞, 當模特兒的人, 保姆

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 앉는 사람, 시중드는 사람, 궁둥이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - モデルになる人, 着席者, モデル, 楽な仕事, 尻

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أنثى ألطائر ألتي تحضن بيضها ليفقس, من تعنى بالاطفال أثناء غياب ذويهم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יושב (כדי שיציירו את דיוקנו), דוגמן, ציד קל, משחק ילדים, דוגרת, שמרטף‬


 
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