house-sitter

noun

Etymology

From house-sit + -er.

  1. derived from *sed-
  2. inherited from *sitjaną
  3. inherited from *sittjan
  4. inherited from sittan
  5. inherited from sitten
  6. compounded as house-sit — “house + sit
  7. suffixed as house-sitter — “house-sit + er

Definitions

  1. Someone who house-sits.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA