Synonyms for Sitter (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)):
Willem de Sitter
WordNet sense 2 (a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home):
babysitter, baby-sitter
WordNet sense 3 (a person who poses for a painter or sculptor):
artist's model
WordNet sense 4 (a domestic hen ready to brood):
broody, brood hen, broody hen, setting hen
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