Hyphenation of sitter

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word sitter? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

sit-ter

Definitions of sitter:

1.	Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)
2.	An organism (person or animal) that sits
3.	A person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
4.	A person who poses for a painter or sculptor
5.	A domestic hen ready to brood

Synonyms of sitter:

noun	Sitter, Willem de Sitter, astronomer, uranologist, stargazer
noun	organism, being
noun	babysitter, baby-sitter, keeper
noun	artist's model, model, poser
noun	brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen, hen, biddy

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