What does "sitter" mean?

Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.

What is a synonym for "sitter"?

Common synonyms include: amah, artist's model, artist's model, baby-sitter, babysitter, babysitter.

//ˈsɪtə// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.
"The photograph caused a stir last week because it was shortlisted for the National Portrait Gallery’s prestigious Taylor Wessing prize, despite the rule that “all photographs must have been taken by the entrant from life and with a living sitter”. However realistic Erica may be, and to me she looks more like a sex doll than a real person, she was certainly not a living sitter."
2
a domestic hen ready to brood wordnet
3
One employed to watch or tend something; a babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc.
"It's always such a pain to get a sitter on short notice."
4
a person who poses for a painter or sculptor wordnet
5
A sitting room.

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6
a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home wordnet
7
A participant in a séance.
""The sitters had better just take their own places," said the medium."
8
an organism (person or animal) that sits wordnet
9
A broody hen.
10
A very easy scoring chance. slang
"How could he miss that? It was an absolute sitter!"