The Clue
Parents' hiree (6 letter answer)
The Answer
SITTER
Tags
Notes
The answer SITTER is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 750 puzzles.
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Definition
SITTER as a noun:
1. (Sitter, Willem de Sitter) = 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. (babysitter, baby-sitter, sitter) = a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
4. (artist's model, sitter) = a person who poses for a painter or sculptor
5. (brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen, sitter) = a domestic hen ready to brood