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Grammar : Noun
Spell : sit-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪt ər



Definition of sitter

Origin :
  • c.1300, "one that sits," agent noun from sit (v.). As short for baby-sitter from 1937.
  • As in janitor : noun person who cleans and maintains
  • As in model : noun person, thing that poses
  • As in nurse : noun person who tends to sick, cares for someone
  • As in superintendent : noun person who oversees organization
  • As in caretaker : noun person who maintains something
  • As in custodian : noun caretaker, maintenance person
  • As in guardian : noun keeper, protector
Example sentences :
  • But they are not allowed to dispose of the portraits of others, without the sitter's permission.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • For an illustration let us turn to the artist and his sitter.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of the Soul » by Lilian Staveley
  • Long and dreary may be the days of the sitter, but the hour of his reward will come at last.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • Not only have I had a sitter for this picture, but he is alive and hearty at the hour I am writing.
  • Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
  • But the first syllable of the sitter's name has been its only constant.
  • Extract from : « Holbein » by Beatrice Fortescue
  • Endeavour to look at the subject or sitter from which you are painting, as if it was a picture.
  • Extract from : « Six Centuries of Painting » by Randall Davies
  • I don't suppose I've missed a sitter like that since I was a child in the nursery.
  • Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
  • Seven photographers disputed the possession of so precious a sitter.
  • Extract from : « The Man With The Broken Ear » by Edmond About
  • He shows the very soul of his sitter, without malice but also without mercy.
  • Extract from : « American Men of Mind » by Burton E. Stevenson
  • I have no idea who the artist was but he had seen his sitter in no common way.
  • Extract from : « Gossamer » by George A. Birmingham

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