[syn: brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen, sitter]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sitter \Sit"ter\, n.
1. One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.
[1913 Webster]
2. A bird that sits or incubates.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Sitter
n 1: Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe
and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934) [syn:
Sitter, Willem de Sitter]
2: an organism (person or animal) that sits [ant: stander]
3: a person engaged to care for children when the parents are
not home [syn: babysitter, baby-sitter, sitter]
4: a person who poses for a painter or sculptor [syn: artist's
model, sitter]
5: a domestic hen ready to brood [syn: brood hen, broody,
broody hen, setting hen, sitter]