Willem de sitter
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Willem de
[wil-uh m duh] /ˈwɪl əm də/ (Show IPA), 1872–1934, Dutch astronomer and mathematician.
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Willem
[wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), Sitter, Willem de.
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a person or animal that sits
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a person who is posing for his or her portrait to be painted, carved, etc
3.
a broody hen or other bird that is sitting on its eggs to hatch them
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(in combination) a person who looks after a specified person or thing for someone else: flat-sitter
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short for baby-sitter
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anyone, other than the medium, taking part in a seance
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anything that is extremely easy, such as an easy catch in cricket
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Willem de (ˈwɪləm də). 1872–1934, Dutch astronomer, who calculated the size of the universe and conceived of it as expanding
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